Be still, our hearts! Could or not it’s? A thousand twenty-four gigabytes of spinning Scorpio Blue fixed disk finally sized for normal height? If you’ll recall, the road of laptop-oriented HDDs was bumped as much as 750GB long ago in 2010, and now Western Digital’s shipping its 9.5mm-high 1TB Scorpio Blue HDDs (shortened from 12.5mm). Other than the storage capacity increase, the twin-platter drive is basically similar to another Blue sporting a 5,400 RPM spin-speed and 8MB cache with Advanced Format support. This latest go-getter may be available for the rather reasonable price of $140, but hey, if that SSD-esque Scorpio black’s what you’re really lusting after, we understand. Full PR after the break.New 9.5 mm WD Scorpio Blue Mobile Drive Offers Largest Capacity Available for Portable Computing
IRVINE, Calif., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Western Digital® (NYSE: WDC), a pacesetter within the desktop, mobile, high-capacity enterprise and consumer markets for hard disks, today announced that it has commenced volume shipments of its WD Scorpio® Blue™ 9.5 mm, 2.5-inch mobile hard drive with 1 TB capacity. Designed for mainstream notebook computers, the recent WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB hard disk utilizes 500 GB-per-platter areal density and is now available within the highest capacity for two.5-inch hard drives within the industry-standard 9.5 mm, two-platter (2-disk) form factor.
WD Scorpio Blue mobile hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability and information-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. The WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB mobile hard disk also achieves excellent power and function, making it a perfect solution for notebook computers and other portable devices that require extended battery life and funky, ultra quiet operation.
“With the discharge of the 1 TB WD Scorpio Blue notebook drive in a 9.5 mm package, WD is ready to offer the best storage capacity available to be used in portable computing environments,” said Matt Rutledge, vp and general manager of Client Storage for WD. “Mobile users not ought to choose maximum capacity over thin and lightweight, WD is prepared with storage options, achieved without compromise to performance and reliability, that prove ideal for mobile digital devices of all sorts including PC and Mac notebook computers; external storage; and digital media players.”
WD Scorpio Blue Features:
Low power consumption – Advanced power management features and algorithms optimize the manner the drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption.
Cool and quiet – In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive™ technology yields probably the most quietest 2.5-inch hard drives available on the market.
Reliable – 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 leading to improved future reliability as a result of less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance.
Shock Tolerant – WD’s ShockGuard™ technology, now increased to a best-in-market 400Gs shock specification, protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.
Advanced Format (AF) – Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers to continue growing hard disk drive capacities. New drives featuring AF are optimized for operation with here operating system software: Windows® 7, Windows Vista™ and Mac OS X Tiger®, Leopard®, Snow Leopard® (PVT models only).
Tested for compatibility – WD performs tests on hundreds of systems and a large number of platforms in its FIT Lab™ and Mobile Compatibility Lab to provide customers confidence that drives will work in specific systems.
Price and Availability
Shipping now through select distributors and resellers, the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB (model WD10JPVT) hard drives are covered by a 3-year limited warranty and feature a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $139.00 USD. Additional information in regards to the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB 9.5 mm mobile hard drives is perhaps found at the company’s website at: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=140.
About WD
WD, among the storage industry’s pioneers and long-time leaders, provides services and products for folks and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The corporate designs and produces reliable, high-performance hard drives and solid state drives that keep users’ data accessible and secure from loss. Its advanced technologies are configured into applications for client and enterprise computing, embedded systems and consumer electronics, in addition to its own consumer storage and residential entertainment products.
WD was founded in 1970. The company’s storage products are marketed to leading OEMs, systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital® and WD brand names. Visit the Investor element of the company’s website (www.westerndigital.com) to access quite a few financial and investor information.
Western Digital, WD, the WD logo and WD Scorpio are registered trademarks within the U.S. and other countries; WD Scorpio Blue, SecurePark, ShockGuard, WhisperDrive and FIT Lab are trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are property in their respective companies. As used for storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) = a thousand million bytes; one terabyte (TB) = a thousand billion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies reckoning on operating environment.
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