Seagate to Release World's Thinnest 2.5-inch HDD

[Horhe]

I like posts about Crysis, sometimes they work and are funny. Being mad about this it's like being mad when someone says 'google it' instead of 'search for it'.

 

[thackstonns]

yeah and when they come out with something that will actually max out crysis then im sure people will quit saying it.

 

[Camikazi]

[citation][nom]shiftstealth[/nom]cant wait to see how long it takes this drive to fail, 2 weeks?

gogo seagate[/citation]
I have 5 Seagates, in a comp I use for backup running 24/7 for over 1.5 years no problems at all... I have bought many Seagates and have yet to have one fail on me, I have had a WD fail, but the 4 Samsung SpinPoints I have are doing fine as well.

 

[cracklint]

[citation][nom]Camikazi[/nom]I have 5 Seagates, in a comp I use for backup running 24/7 for over 1.5 years no problems at all... I have bought many Seagates and have yet to have one fail on me, I have had a WD fail, but the 4 Samsung SpinPoints I have are doing fine as well.[/citation]


Then you have had better luck than I. I have bought 3 barracuda drives over the past 8 years and none lasted more than a year. I have had wd fail, but not as often. I have had decent luck with Samsung drives as well. But Seagate and Fujitsu are in the same category imho.

 

[sublifer]

For a future standard or custom oem designs this is great, but for the general public this is retarded. There might be a few trays that this thing will fit in but I imagine it won't work in just as many instances. This really isn't any technical feat either... they just limited the drive to a single platter. This has got to be one of the stupidest product announcements I've ever heard of.
Next hour: Acme Bread Co. is announcing the newer smaller bread loaf at only 1 inch by 1 inch and 3 inches long.

 

[tipoo]

Still waiting for a 1tb 9.5mm drive. The only 1tb one available is 12.5mm, and wont fit in most laptops.

 

[fatkid35]

i'm an american, and in america we like big. i want them to bring back the 5.25 inch disk drives! i bet they could fit a g-d exobyte in one of those now! to hell with small. 10,000 gig hard drives are the new thing.who's with me? we got all these 5.25 bays in the front of our cases, lets use em!

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]fatkid35[/nom]i'm an american, and in america we like big. i want them to bring back the 5.25 inch disk drives! i bet they could fit a g-d exobyte in one of those now! to hell with small. 10,000 gig hard drives are the new thing.who's with me? we got all these 5.25 bays in the front of our cases, lets use em![/citation]
I actually agree with you. I have lots of 5.25" bays, and rarely use more than 2. Bring on the uber-huge SSDs!

 

[rigaudio]

[citation][nom]fatkid35[/nom]i'm an american, and in america we like big. i want them to bring back the 5.25 inch disk drives![/citation]

Sure, it'll only cost a fortune.

 

[snotling]

[citation][nom]jacobdrj[/nom]I actually agree with you. I have lots of 5.25" bays, and rarely use more than 2. Bring on the uber-huge SSDs![/citation]

Use your 5.25" bays for hot-plug 2.5 drivebays

or this one!

 

[JohnnyLucky]

Sort of reminds me of when Sony came out with the first transistor radios that fit in a shirt pocket. You remember what a shirt pocket is don't you?

 

[belardo]

[citation][nom]kikireeki[/nom]Thinner\ smaller = compromised reliability. and you can apply this to almost anything.[/citation]

YEah! We should still be using 5" full height hard drives. None of this 3.5" wimpy stuff!

 

[Guest]

i'd trust WD before i trusted SeaFAILS lol.. I had a Seagate Momentus 5400 500 gig that failed twice and been through 2 RMA's both failed afterward.... in my fit of rage the last time it failed was the last time it was together.. i took the drive apart tormented it while it was powered on.. then i took it outside and smashed it with a hammer. both doing this while taping with my camera. the vid is now on utube.. WD all the way for me