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Hitachi GST TravelStar 5K250 - $199
One Spacious Digital Vault...To Go
Now that SATA technology is a mobile mainstay, use the latest serial drives to attract the same power users looking for dual-core CPUs and 802.11n wireless networking. Hitachi Global Storage Technology's Travelstar 5K250 sports a long list of features likely to get some attention.
Capacity is the drive's foremost selling point. By shifting to perpendicular recording, Hitachi is able to create a lot more free space given the same 2.5" form factor. Whereas notebook drives once topped out in the 160GB range, the Travelstar 5K250 provides 250GB; particularly sexy when you consider that laptops don't give you much room to upgrade. Performance is improved through a 3 Gb/s interface, an 8MB data buffer, and a 5400 RPM rotational speed.
Because you want more than just pure performance from your notebook drives, the 5K250 can also withstand 400G operational shock and 1000G non-operational shock. TrueTrack Technology and thermal fly-height control mechanism help improve reliability, as well. Hitachi's Bulk Data Encyption feature is an optional extra that provides protection beyond what you'd get from a password. A key code scrambles data as it is written, and the same key unscrambles the data as it is requested.