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Saturday, April 3, 2010

WD intros standard-height 2.5-inch 750GB Scorpio Blue HDD

By Darren Murph  posted Mar 30th 2010 10:21AM


Western Digital already shipped the industry's first 2.5-inch1TB hard drive last summer, but unfortunately for most, it couldn't be used as a drop-in solution for upgrading one's laptop drive. The reason? It relies on an unorthodox 12.5mm height form factor, while the vast majority of laptops only support 9.5mm height drives. Now, the outfit has pushed out a 750GB Scorpio Blue, a 2.5-incher that does indeed utilize the standard height form factor, and while this here unit includesAdvanced Format and WhisperDrive, the 5,400RPM spindle speed is admittedly disappointing. It's tough to argue with the $149 price, though, and it's available now if you've been hankering for more space within your mobile workhorse


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