Samsung Spinpoint M6 500GB 2.5-inch notebook HDD – big things can come in small packages

Tuesday, Mar 4th 2008 by James Allan Brady

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Samsung is shipping the world’s first 2.5” 500GB notebook HDD starting today. Sure there have been other notebook hard drives released recently with a similar capacity, but those were 3.5” drives, this is yet another amazing feat accomplished by Samsung, the giant of the CE and Mobile industries.

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It fits the industry standard 9.5mm space devoted to notebook HDDs, and it has a 500GB capacity. Inside are 3, 167GB platters spinning at 5400 RPMs. It has a 3.0Gbps SATA interface and an 8MB buffer.

It, of course, utilizes Samsung’s amazing perpendicular recording technology, and as an added bonus, it meets Microsofts specifications for a fast-boot device. It is, as I said, shipping now for a low, low price of $299; eat your heart out digital media enthusiasts.

Tags: Hard Drives, Microsoft, mobile, notebook, Samsung, storage, technology

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