As a drive manufacturer, Samsung Electronics is always looking for a way to outdo the competition. The company’s most recent accomplishment was when it became the first manufacturer to ship a 2.5 inch, 500GB hard drive. While this may not sound like a huge deal, they are moving into uncharted water, and an area where many other manufacturers are hoping to explore in then near future.
March 5, 2008 marked the first day that Samsung shipped these drives to both PC makers and OEMs. Even though this may be a bit much for everyday laptop users, it is safe to say that many will benefit from this high level of storage. With more and more notebooks offering the ability to support two hard drives, a 500GB drive allows users to have up to 1TB of available storage. This was previously unheard of, but is sure to become more of the status quo as 2008 move forward.
Both Hitachi and Fujitsu have released 500GB hard drives as well. With that being said, these two companies are not approaching the industry in the same way. They are joining in on the action by increasing the size of the drive to 12.5 mm. This is up from the common 9.5 mm that is found in most consumer oriented laptops. As you can imagine, this will make it quite difficult for the mass majority of users to take advantage of their drives. In turn, they will instead rely on Samsung.
The new Samsung hard drive, known as the Spinpoint M6 spins at an impressive rate of 5,400 revolutions per minute. Although the hard drive has been shipped to PC makers and OEMs, it has yet to make its way onto retail shelves. Samsung is hoping that the Spinpoint M6 will be for sale in retail stores by the end of the month. Unless a late change takes place, the drive will sell for $299.
The new Samsung Spinpoint M6 has a lot to offer. This was the first 2.5 inch hard drive to be shipped to PC makers and OEMs, and is sure to turn many more heads when they hit retail outlets later this month.
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Adam said on March 9th at 02:30 pm,
Wow 500 gb hard disk, i cannot believe this. I go back when i was using around 20 gb or less as my first computer, not sure exactly, and now with this 500 gb hard disk drive how fast the technology has improved. I am quite eager to lay my hands on it when it hits the retail market here in U.K. Let’s hope it happens soon.