The new Laptop Ultrathin HDD from Seagate is really, really thin.
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As an answer to Western Digital's WD Blue hard drive, Seagate
today announced the Laptop Ultrathin HDD, the company's first 5mm
hard drive.
Ultrathin and ultralight The new drive belongs to the
thinnest class of standard hard drive to date, some 25 percent more compact
than a 7mm internal drive and almost half the thickness of the traditional
9.5-inch drive. The drive is as thin as three credit cards stacked together,
and weighs just 3 ounces.
This new level of thickness means the hard drive can be used in more
applications, including desktops, laptops, ultrabooks and also future tablets
The new Ultrathin HDD next to a traditional 9.5-inch hard drive.
(Credit: Dong Ngo/CNET)
Standard design The drive has a standard 2.5-inch design with a
regular SATA port. This is different from the WD Blue, which uses the new edge
card connector. This means the Ultrathin HDD can be used anywhere current
2.5-inch hard drives are used without an adapter or special cable. On top of
that it'll also fit in ultrabooks and mobile devices for a large amount of
storage space.
The Ultrathin HDD supports the latest SATA 3 (6Gbps) standard but also
works with SATA and SATA 2. The drive supports hardware self-encryption (SED)
when used with a supported host. The new drive's chassis is made of steel,
making it a lot more sturdy than other 2.5-inch hard drives that use aluminum
cover.
The Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD is available now in 320GB and 500GB
capacities. The 500GB version is estimated to cost $89.
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