Seagate was quick to leap into the hybrid HDD/SSD fray last year, with the decently priced and capable Momentus XT . We’ve got a successor with identical branding, but with the HDD upped to 742GB, NAND storage slightly increased to 8GB, plus a faster SATA III 6Gb/s interface. The ‘flash-assisted drive’ promises to chop boot-up and lag times when compared with an ordinary laptop harddisk, by gradually learning which of your files are popular enough to deserve a place in that solid state VIP lounge. We’re watching a worth of $189, including a five-year warranty, and availability from today. Read at the full PR.
Cupertino, Calif. – November 29, 2011 – Tip for revving up the rate of your laptop computer: Slip in a brand new Seagate (NASDAQ:STX) Momentus XT drive for faster computing, snappier gaming and lickety-split boot-up!
Seagate is now shipping the second one generation of Momentus XT, its groundbreaking solid state hybrid drive for consumer and commercial laptop personal computers. With an easy drive installation, users can boost boot-up speed and performance to convert using a normal laptop or desktop computer right into a high-performance computing experience. Momentus XT is out there at online retailers Amazon, Canada Computers, CDW, Memory Systems, NCIX, Newegg, and TigerDirect, and 7 original equipment manufacturers are gearing as much as ship laptops powered by Seagate’s fastest laptop drive ever.
“Computer users are creating and using more documents, photos, video and other digital content than ever before, driving strong demand for systems that deliver the top performance they are able to get their hands on,” said Scott Horn, vice chairman of world marketing at Seagate.”Seagate’s second-generation Momentus XT is serving up solid state drive (SSD) speed, more storage capacity and easy, easy installation at an inexpensive price for even better, faster computing.”
“High-speed storage devices make a difference in the case of improving overall PC performance,” said John Rydning, research vice chairman at IDC. “Seagate’s newest Momentus XT gives notebook PC users a cost-effective option for enhancing PC performance while mutually providing spacious storage capacity multi functional device.”
The Momentus XT drive is thrice faster than a conventional hard disk, delivering speeds rivaling much pricier SSDs. The all-in-one design of Momentus XT makes installation for system upgrades simple, easy and affordable: the drive works in any laptop or desktop computer and with any operating system.
Momentus XT – Satisfying the necessity for speed
The Momentus XT hard disk drive delivers a huge 750GB of storage capacity and owes it speed to a Serial ATA 6Gb/second interface, 8 gigabytes of high-speed Single Level Cell NAND flash, 32 megabytes of drive-level caching and Seagate’s Adaptive Memory and FAST Factor technologies. Adaptive Memory works by identifying data usage patterns, after which moving probably the most frequently retrieved information to the embedded solid state memory for faster access – effectively tailoring hard disk drive performance to every user and their applications. FAST Factor blends the strengths of SSDs and difficult disk drives right into a powerful device for faster access to applications, quicker bootup and better overall system speed.
Now shipping in volume worldwide, the Momentus XT harddrive is backed by Seagate’s 5-year limited warranty. Manufacturer’s Suggesting Retail Pricing (MSRP) for Momentus XT 750GB is $189.
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