Western Digital 1TB & 750GB Laptop Hard Drives
Late last week we saw the release of 1TB and 750GB laptop hard drives from Western Digital in the 2.5″ form factor for laptops. The Scorpio Blue line doubles the previous storage capacity available for mobile hard drives. Featuring a 3Gbps SATA interface and 5200RPM spin rate, the performance should be impressive.
But there’s currently one catch that will prohibit them from being installed in current Apple machines (and most other laptops). They are 12.5mm in height, and most laptop drives are 9.5mm. This makes them too large for installation in current Apple laptops. Don’t be discouraged, there’s good news from all of this.
The same situation happened when Western Digital released 500GB hard drives a few years back. They were the first to the market with the 12.5mm form factor, but regular height (9.5mm) drives weren’t far behind.
Stay tuned for a post when these drives get released in the (Apple compatible) 9.5mm form factor.
