Samsung Spinpoint M6 - The Worlds First 2.5โ€ Half Terabyte Notebook Hard Disk Drive

Samsung's new Spinpoint M6 hard disk drive may only offer half the
capacity of the just posted Buffalo 1TB LinkStation Mini External HDD
but, when you consider that Samsung's Spinpoint M6 500GB HDD has been
developed as an internal unit for notebooks you begin to understand why
this is such a big deal - and why Samsung have gone to such great pains
to point out that their Spinpoint M6 is the world's first half terabyte
2.5' hard disk drive for notebooks.

In being a drive especially developed for notebooks Samsung's SATA
Spinpoint M6 had to comply with the industry's standard 9.5mm height
restriction which, considering that this drive consists of no less than
three 167GB 5400rpm 2.5' platters, is no mean feat - the result being a
half terabyte HDD that can be fitted to notebooks without the need for
modification.

Samsung's Spinpoint M6 500GB Notebook HDD has just been made available
for around $300.

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