Samsung has announced its new 250GB Spinpoint MP2 notebook hard drive. This is the highest capacity model in its line of Spinpoint MP2 notebook hard drives.The smallest capacity is 80GB.

The 250GB Spinpoint MP2 is a 2.5-inch hard drive that has a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, 16MB cache and uses a 3Gb/s SATA interface.

Additional features include the performance boosting Native Command Queueing, and two silencing technologies, SilentSeek and NoiseGuard. The 250GB MP2 will be available to OEM manufacturers beginning march 2008.

[source: Slashgear]

Western Digital has the biggest notebook hard drive on the block. It comes in the form of their new 320GB Scorpio Serial ATA hard drive for laptops.

The 2.5-inch hard drive (model number WD3200BEVT) has a rotational speed of 5400 rpm, an access time of 12 ms, a 8MB cache and uses 3Gb/s SATA.

Other notable features are its built-in shock protection and WhisperDrive technology. Its also slim, with its 9.5mm form-factor. The 320GB Scorpio is available now for $199.

[source:Slashgear]

Toshiba will soon be bringing to the market an assortment of new 2.5 inch drives. They will consist of the MK-52GSX line, the MK-46GSX line and the MK-GSY line of high performance hard drives. …Continue reading … »