Western Digital Begin Shipping WD Scorpio Black Mobile Hard Drive around $250 for the largest capacity (320GB)[Offering ‘Desktop Class Performance’ from a Notebook Drive]

Having only just announced that they are now shipping their new
VelociRaptor 300GB HDD, a drive billed as being the world's fastest SATA
hard drive, Western Digital have today announced that they have also
started shipping their new 2.5& 7200rpm WD Scorpio Black SATA Mobile
Hard Drive which brings 'desktop class performance' to a notebook HDD
and is available in capacities ranging from 80GB to 320GB.Desktop-class
performance for notebook computers - With 7200 RPM spin speed, 16 MB
cache, and capacities up to 320 GB, these drives enable you to have the
best of both worlds: the capacity and performance of a desktop PC with
the convenience and portability of a notebook.Massive capacity - WD's
320 GB 2.5-inch drives offer huge capacity for space-hungry operating
systems like Windows Vista, with plenty of room left over for photos,
music, and video.Low power consumption - With technologies like
IntelliSeek, which calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power
consumption and SecurePark, which reduces power by parking the heads
during low power idle mode, this drive delivers 5400 RPM-equivalent
power consumption in a 7200 RPM drive.Quiet - In a notebook drive,
silence is golden. WD's exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art
seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on
the market.WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and
platter surfaces from shocks during shipping and handling and in daily
operation.WD’s SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disk
surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This
ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in
improved long term reliability due to less head wear and improved shock
tolerance.Free-fall sensor - As an added layer of protection, if the
drive (or the system it's in) is dropped while in use, WD's free-fall
sensor detects that the drive is falling and, in less than 200
milliseconds, parks the head to help prevent damage and data
loss.Compatible with both Windows based notebooks as well as MacBooks
and MacBook Pros, WD's Scorpio Black SATA Mobile Hard Drive retails up
to around $250 for the largest capacity (320GB) version.

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