Seagate Intros Momentus Thin Drive

Filed in archive Seagate on December 25, 2009

Seagate has announced the Momentus Thin, a seven-millimeter hard drive for laptops.

"This reduction in thickness makes the new hard drive comparable, in physical size, to that of most solid state drives (SSDs) used in netbooks and ultraportable computers," writes Crave's Dong Ngo. "However, it retains the advantages of regular hard drives, which include much higher capacities and, most importantly, a much lower cost per gigabyte."

"Seagate says its thin drive will make it possible for computer manufacturers to offer thinner netbooks without sacrificing performance and power efficiency," writes InformationWeek's Antone Gonsalves. "The new hard drive could also lead to thinner mainstream laptops compared with the current models, which use traditional 2.5-inch drives."

"The 5,400 rpm Momentus Thin comes in 250GB and 160GB capacities, features 8MB cache, and uses the SATA 2.0 3Gbit/sec. interface," writes Computerworld's Lucas Mearian. "The drive is scheduled to ship to Seagate's resellers next month."

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