subject: WD and Fujitsu could offer 1TB 2.5-inch HDDs in 2010 [print this page] WD and Fujitsu could offer 1TB 2.5-inch HDDs in 2010
Western Digital (WD) and Fujitsu will likely have 1TB 2.5-inch disk drives available by early 2010 according toindustrysources.
WD has justannouncedthat it hasstartedvolume shipping its 500GB 2.5-inch Scorpio Blue drive, a notebook drive with 250GB per platter and a 5,400rpm spin speed. Seagate expects to ship its half terabyte 2.5-incher before the end of the year.
Our sources say WD and Fujitsu will have 750GB 2.5-inch drives by mid-2009 and 1 terabyteunitsby early 2010, if not the end of 2009. WD is building quite a track record of pipping Seagate by introducing notebook drives atprogressivelyhighercapacitypointsfirst, doing this with 250GB, 320GB and now 500GB models. This may not continue as Seagate has been catching up and will strive tomatchand exceed WD.
Seagate may well have its 750GB and 1TB notebook drives available before WD
1TB unit would be prepped and ready for your notebook, try 2010. According to those infamous "undisclosed sources," both Western Digital (which started shipping a 500-gigger today) and Fujitsu are looking to pump out 750GB 2.5-inch HDDs by mid-2009 and 1TB variants in 2010Western Digital (WD) and Fujitsu will likely have 1TB 2.5-inch disk drives available by early 2010 according toindustrysources.
WD has justannouncedthat it hasstartedvolume shipping its 500GB 2.5-inch Scorpio Blue drive, a notebook drive with 250GB per platter and a 5,400rpm spin speed. Seagate expects to ship its half terabyte 2.5-incher before the end of the year.
Our sources say WD and Fujitsu will have 750GB 2.5-inch drives by mid-2009 and 1 terabyteunitsby early 2010, if not the end of 2009. WD is building quite a track record of pipping Seagate by introducing notebook drives atprogressivelyhighercapacitypointsfirst, doing this with 250GB, 320GB and now 500GB models. This may not continue as Seagate has been catching up and will strive tomatchand exceed WD.
Seagate may well have its 750GB and 1TB notebook drives available before WD
1TB unit would be prepped and ready for your notebook, try 2010. According to those infamous "undisclosed sources," both Western Digital (which started shipping a 500-gigger today) and Fujitsu are looking to pump out 750GB 2.5-inch HDDs by mid-2009 and 1TB variants in 2010
