On a busy day for Toshiba, the Japanese firm has announced that it has achieved the world's first quarter-terabyte 1.8-inch mini hard drive.
The new SATA drive, which actually offers 250GB of storage, is joined by 120GB and 160GB models, all of which are likely to find their way into slim laptops, such as the MacBook Air, rather than low-end netbooks.
Drop detector
On top of the storage bump, the drives all spin at 5,400RPM and incorporate an accelerometer that can detect being dropped from as little as five inches.
Low power consumption will also likely make the new models attractive in an increasingly competitive laptop market where battery life can be the deciding factor for many shoppers.
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jmace86
September 25th 2008
1. These tiny HDDs are all well and good but I think it would be better if these companies were more focussed on making SSDs more affordable and with higher capacities. HDDs will be around for a while yet, but SSDs will inevitably supercede them at some point in the not-too-distant future, so I think it would make more financial sense for the companies to invest more in the long term future of hard drive technology.
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