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Toshiba intros 5,400 rpm 60GB notebook drive

updated 02:50 pm EDT, Wed July 31, 2002

 
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Toshiba today "the world's first" high-performance 60GB drive for notebooks. The 2.5-inch hard disk drive features a disk rotational speed of 5,400rpm, a "slim" height of 9.5mm, a fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor for quiet operation, an Ultra DMA/100 interface and a 16MB internal buffer. Production is expected in September, although final pricing and availability is not yet available. (Toshiba currently sells a 4,200 rpm version of the Super Slimline 60GB drive.) Update: Several readers note that IBM is currently selling 5,400 rpm 60GB notebook drives with a street price of $335.


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    IBM

    IBM has only for a while now. http://www.transintl.com/store/category.cfm?Category=348

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    stock drive

    Why are they claiming this to be the first 5400 RPM drive that will work in the PBs? I ordered mine with a stock drive from Apple that is also a 60 GB 5400 RPM drive. Toshiba's announcement seems inaccurate.

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    World's first

    60GB 5400RPM ***TOSHIBA*** drive :)

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    Whatchu talkin bout?

    Sure, there have been 60GB/5400RPM laptop drives before, but were they this thin? This new Toshiba is a [b]9.5mm[/b] height drive. It will fit in an iBook or some of the 3rd party cases that the 12mm drives do not. I think that is what they mean.

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    IBM

    Yes, IBM has had the 5400 RPM drives for a while, and yes they've been at 60GB for a while. The first here is the size, as someone mentioned, but that's not exactly how Toshiba's press release is written.

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    don't forget

    FLUID BEARING DRIVE!

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    fluid bearing...

    sounds messy

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    Can it go on an iPod?

    Just wondering.

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    Older drives were 12.5

    and thus they would not fit in an iBook. 60G in an iBook ! super!! at last!!! (imagine how long that'll last before you have to upgrade)

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    Do your homework!!

    I see MacNN has updated the main story. 1) I say again: The IBM 60GB/5400RPM is not relevant to this story! It is a 12.5 mm that will not fit in the iBook. This Toshiba really is new because there is no drive of this capacity/RPM that will fit in an iBook. 2) Fluid-bearing drive. You want this! The older drives were noisy. The new fluid-bearing drives from IBM and Toshiba are practically silent as I can attest from having one in my Pismo.

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