Samsung Offers 1TB Internal Hard Drive For Laptops
Samsung Offers 1TB Internal Hard Drive For Laptops
Posted 06/09/2011 at 10:44am
| by Brad Chacos
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Laptops are catching up to traditional computers in a lot of ways, but they're still lagging a bit behind in terms of disk space. Terabyte hard drives aren't quite a dime a dozen on desktops, but you can still find a decent one for under $100, and we've seen several PCs sporting a TB drive with their basic configurations. Laptops haven't been so lucky, though – manufacturers simply aren't offering 1TB options. Samsung's coming to the rescue of storage-deprived portable PC owners with the announcement of a new 1TB internal hard drive designed for use with laptops.
The 9.5mm-slim Spinpoint M8 features two separate 500GB platters for a total storage size of 1TB, according to Samsung's press release. Samsung says they achieved the small size by using an advanced formatting technology that allows them to store more data per unit area, making the overall hard drive denser. The drive uses a 3 gigabits/second SATA interface and includes 8MB of buffer memory.
If you need to beef your portable storage, you can pick up the Spinpoint M8 soon for $129.99.
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doggitydogs
June 16, 2011 at 8:12am
Or you could consider WD's $110 option...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136545
It's always nice when someone creates the first of something. It's not as nice when the second of something is treated as the first.
Keith E. Whisman
June 12, 2011 at 1:34am
Hey can anyone make out the details printed on the image of the HDD? Those labels usually mention cache size and speed I think.
JohnP
June 10, 2011 at 9:26pm
It was terrible news when Samsung was potentially bought out by Seagate. I love Samsung hard drives, I have bought over 15 of them!
CrashTECH
June 09, 2011 at 3:21pm
Just sayin but there have been 1TB internal 2.5" drives for a long time. Sure they don't all fit every laptop but they have been around a while.
Brad Chacos
June 09, 2011 at 11:51am
Hi guys,
This is all the information Samsung's put out for now - no mention of drive speed. I thought it was kind of weird, too. As far as Seagate - Samsung, they've agreed to a deal, but US and European Union officials haven't given them the stamp of approval yet. So, for now at least, Samsung's still in the hard drive business.
DDRDiesel
June 09, 2011 at 11:32am
On Samsung's site, I go to "Internal Storage" and I ony see SSD's available. It's possible that the merger with Seagate is more of a business partnership. Although Samsung's HDD line is supposedly gone, perhaps the two companies are now producking Samsung-labeled drives for OEM purposes. I can't find where to buy this drive anywhere, anyway
Keith E. Whisman
June 09, 2011 at 11:10am
Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Samsung just sell off it's hard drive line? Or is this different, did they keep their laptop HDD line?
iceman08
June 09, 2011 at 11:07am
PS3 owners will love this as well, due to the height. No word on drive speed?
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