Hitachi Ship New 4th Gen TravelStar 7K320 Notebook Hard Disk [2.5โ€ 7K320 HDD Offering Up To 320GB Capacity]

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies have now begun to ship their new
'4th Generation' 7,200rpm TravelStar 7K320 notebook hard disk which,
apart from offering up 60% higher capacity than previous models and
optional Bulk Data Encryption, also uses 22% less power (thus draining
your battery less) and, according to Hitachi's press release, is capable
of improving application performance by up to 12%.Larry Swezey,
director, Consumer and Commercial HDD, Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies introduced the new 320/250/160/120/80GB TravelStar 7K320
observing that 'as operating systems have grown more complex, users
have struggled with an overall decrease in system performance'ฆSolid
state drives (SSD) have yet to deliver an overall increase in speed, and
certainly not at an affordable price. The 7,200 RPM speed of the
Travelstar 7K320 provides an improved overall experience, at the
capacities users want and at a far lower cost than SSD.' However, whilst
we suspect that few would argue that SSD drives are indeed capable of
delivering improved system/file access performance, until the well
documented reliability issues are ironed out - and pricing of SSD units
takes a significant nose dive - we see little reason for Mr Swezey to
feel quite as defensive.Hitachi TravelStar 7K320 Notebook HDD Features:
320GB capacity for storing approximately 80 hours of high definition
video, 320 hours of standard video, 100 movies, 80,000 4-minute MP3s or
160 games The 7,200 RPM provides any operating system with a noticeable
advantage in boot times and application performance. A SATA 3Gb/s
interface and fast media transfer rates provide faster file copying and
document retrieval, better graphics and improved game performance
Best-in-class operating shock protection of 400Gs to minimize the
effects of rough handling and vibration
Power utilization on par with Hitachi's 5,400 RPM mobile drives, so that
users can enjoy more 'unplugged' notebook computing time
The drive's quiet acoustics provide a richer audio listening experience
for music, movies and games

Hitachi TravelStar 7K320 Notebook HDD Specifications:

320/250/160/120/80GB
9.5mm in height
7,200 RPM
252 billion bits per square inch maximum areal density
2/2/1/1/1 glass disks
4/4/2/2/1 TMR recording head(s)
1000G/1ms non-operating shock
400G/2ms operating shock
4.2ms average latency
12ms average read time
1.0W active idle
0.8W low-power idle
Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 1.5Gb/s encrypted
115/110 grams in weight
2.5Bels typical idle acoustics
2.8Bels typical operational acoustics

(Please note that the header image is for illustrative purposes only as
we were unable to locate any reasonable, decent sized imagery of the
TravelStar 7K320 at the time of writing)