Thinking of a new laptop 500gig Hard drive?

bigbazza · Oct 21, 2010

I came across these Reviews about Seagate's Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid drive. in the Windows Secrets latest newsletter. (and other links).

The address of this issue is http://WindowsSecrets.com/comp/101021

Hybrids offer more bang for the buck than SSD

Seagate's Momentus XT (info page) is designed to fit in notebooks, and that's where hybrids offer the most value. For the hybrids' small bump in price, you get near-desktop drive performance. Many benchmarks — such as Storagereview.com's May 24 review — put the XTs ahead of the 10,000 rpm Western Digital VelociRaptor, an enterprise-class drive. (Near-desktop performance is why hybrids are better suited for notebooks.)
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Other reviews at:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3734/seagates-momentus-xt-review-finally-a-good-hybrid-hdd/7

http://www.storagereview.com/seagate_momentus_xt_review

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/laptops/laptop-hdd

The Momentus XT line's street price ranges from around U.S. $95 for 250GB to $130 for 500GB. Each of the three models (there's also a 320GB version) has 4GB of flash memory, standard 7200 rpm platters, and 32MB of cache.
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In OZ, I purchased mine for less than AUD$170.
It works fast with Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit OS, from personal experience.

BTW, a lot of good info about other topics on the latest Windows Secrets newsletter.

Bazza

TimW · Oct 21, 2010

Baz....are you making a suggestion to all of us for future reference if anyone is looking for a new HDD?

If I may quote myself, can I borrow $170?? :-D

bigbazza · Oct 21, 2010

Hi TimW. I guess I should have headed the thread as:
Are you thinking of a new laptop 500gig Hard drive?
More to the point I guess.:-D

At least the Aussie Dollar is heading towards parity with the US dollar, so there remains a slight hope for you. :-D

Bazza

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TimW said: ↑

Baz....are you making a suggestion to all of us for future reference if anyone is looking for a new HDD?

If I may quote myself, can I borrow $170?? :-D
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