Comments for: Hitachi launches 500GB '2.5-inch' hard drive

#12. Posted at 06:52 PM on Jan 6th 2008

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thegreatfixer

a few years ago the 2.5 standard was 12.5mm i think ibm was the 1st to go with the newer NOW STANDARD 9.5mm drive

#9. Posted at 08:51 AM on Jan 4th 2008

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AbRASiON

non standard form factor?
hitachi stop wasting EVERYONES damn time, just stop and scrap this and the dopey press release.

I thought that jump seemed a bit much.

#9, 12.5mm is a standard thickness for 2.5" drives, it's just, a... : bhtooefr (#11) «

#8. Posted at 08:42 AM on Jan 4th 2008

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Jarlaxlecq

will it work in a PS3?

#8, yeah, anyone know the answer to that? : FroBozz_Inc (#10) «

#3. Posted at 09:37 PM on Jan 3rd 2008

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evermore

I thought 12.5mm was a "standard" for 2.5" drives too.

#3, It is/was. And the good news is I can upgrade the ole Dell 4... : videobits (#4) «

#4, I'm sure that system will simply FLY with such a drive in... : evermore (#5) «

#4, only if it supports SATA : Lord.Blue (#7) «

#6. Posted at 10:32 PM on Jan 3rd 2008

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MadManOriginal

Something to beat the WD GP 1TB drive in power draw huh..

#2. Posted at 03:02 PM on Jan 3rd 2008

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adisor19

I wonder if it would fit in my Mac Book Pro... I have ordered a Seagate 200GB 7200RPM in middle of November and it has YET to ship from NCIX.com ! Argh, might as well cancel that order and get this nice 500GB drive instead. For this much space, i can deal with the lack in RPM speed..

Adi

#1. Posted at 02:36 PM on Jan 3rd 2008

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Lord.Blue

So this has no impact on the general upgrade market...unless you want to put it in a desktop, or make it e-SATA.