Western Digital ships 7mm thin HDD

11 Apr 12 18:30 by in category Hard Disk Drives

Western Digital has announced a 7 milimeter thin 5400 RPM  hard disk. The Scorpion Blue is targeted at laptops and due the thinness the HDD seems to be targeted for usage in Ultrabooks. The HDD has a 2.5″‘ formfactor but also fits in 9.5mm bays of regular laptops and comes in the sizes 320 and 500 GB.

The HDD contains a single platter and makes use of 8MB of cache. The  MSRP for the 500 GB, model #: WD5000LPVT is $99.99 USD and the 320 GB, model #: WD3200LPVT is $79.99 USD and come with a two year limited warranty.  It supports various WD technologies such as SecurePark, ShockGuard and WhisperDrive.

3 Comments on Western Digital ships 7mm thin HDD

chickenlittle
Posts: 40
Posted on: 12 Apr 12 23:47
Meh, hitachi has had similar dives out for some 6 months now
tmc8080
Posts: 964
Posted on: 15 Apr 12 23:43
I agree, HItachi's been ahead of the innovation curve.. it ALSO seems they slipped out a 4tb drive when I wasn't looking... see here.. it's currenly available at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145563

So, why no comparable 4tb desktop internal product from western digital, seagate, and the samsung?
BradWright
Posts: 225
Posted on: 16 Apr 12 18:17
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Originally Posted by tmc8080 View Post
I agree, HItachi's been ahead of the innovation curve.. it ALSO seems they slipped out a 4tb drive when I wasn't looking... see here.. it's currenly available at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145563

So, why no comparable 4tb desktop internal product from western digital, seagate, and the samsung?
Western Digital is trying to buy/has bought Hitachi Global Storage, and Seagate is trying to buy/has bought Samsung's HD division. Western Digital, Seagate, and Toshiba will be the only HD manufacturers left, with 50%, 40%, and 10% market shares respectively.
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Western Digital ships 7mm thin HDD

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