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Samsung Spinpoint F3, 1 TB hard drive

Gadget — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:23:07 +0000

What is interesting about Samsung Spinpoint F3 is not so much on the capacity and the density. Its predecessor, the Samsung Spinpoint F1, and came to terabytes of storage, but using three magnetic plates 333 GB each. The new 3.5-inch hard drive increases the density of Samsung 500 GB, it uses only two plates and, consequently, improves the speed of data access.

According to the firm, the Samsung Spinpoint F3 get 30% more performance than a disc of

WD My Passport Essential SE with 1TB

Gadget — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:29:28 +0000

Western Digital has updated its portable hard drives, coinciding with the launch of the Scorpio Blue 1TB. The new model is called WD My Passport Essential SE, and its main innovation over previous Passport is its ability: two models of 750 GB and 1 TB of capacity.

Maintaining the vast majority of characteristics: same size (15 × 80 × 126 mm), weight (180 grams) and USB 2.0 interface to connect the disk to the computer. As is customary in external hard drives for the vast majority of manufacturers, the new WD My Passport Essential are several additional software, such as to add a certain level of security to encrypt data, or programs for backup and synchronization information.

For now only be available one color, gray titanium, but Western Digital is likely to increase the range of colors in the future to maintain the range of previous models.

Regarding prices, we are 300 and $ 200 for WDMET10000 and WDMET7500TN, the names of specific models of 750 GB and 1 TB, respectively. Like what happened to the internal hard drives this morning, the My Passport Essential are available in SE United States and the rest of the world will arrive in coming days.

By the way, and a half years ago we analyzed a Passport of the first models with 250 GB capacity and with features very similar to the discs presented today. The results were generally quite interesting.

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WD Scorpio Blue, a terabyte 2.5 inch

Gadget — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:29:39 +0000

The WD Scorpio Blue is the first hard drive 2.5-inch magnetic plate that reaches the terabytes of capacity. That is, we get what we can and in some laptops to use two hard drives, but saving one. The paste is that, although it is a SATA 2.5-inch, has a thickness of 12.5 mm, which is not suitable for the majority of laptops, using the standard 9.5 mm.

The thickness of the WD Scorpio Blue is largely due to its high capacity. If the majority of discs will suffice with a single magnetic plate or two at most, this new model from Western Digital carries three plates, each with 333 GB, and is therefore a slightly thicker disk than usual. The manufacturer has also announced another 750 GB model, which retains the same measures as the 1TB.

Prices for the WD Scorpio Blue in the United States will be $ 250 for 1TB and $ 190 for 750 GB. For now, the price is the main argument in favor of the magnetic plate instead of SSD, since those prices for the solid-state memory still moves below 100 GB. Pity the thickness of these new discs, since laptops tend to lose more and the standard 12.5 mm is doomed to disappear.