Western Digital has revealed it is shipping its Scorpio Blue 9.5 mm mobile hard drive with 1 TB capacity, designed for mainstream notebook computers.
The new rugged, 2.5-inch hard drive featuring data protection utilises 500 GB-per-platter areal density and offers total storage capacity of 1TB.
WD said the drive’s power consumption is low at 1.4W , making it suited for notebook computers and other portable devices that require extended battery life and cool, ultra quiet operation.
The company has integrated the new hard drive with SecurePark that parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off, resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear.
The new offering is designed for mobile digital devices of all kinds including PC and Mac notebook computers; external storage; and digital media players, and uses a 3Gbits/s SATA interface, spins at 5400RPM with an 8MB cache.
Featuring Advanced Format (AF) technology, the drive is optimised for operation with the operating system software such as Windows 7, Windows Vista and Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard (PVT models only).
The drive’s ShockGuard technology, now increased to a 400Gs shock specification, safeguards the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks, while its WhisperDrive technology makes it one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market, the company claims.
