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    160gb 7200rpm SATA available in XPS M1710 already?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by khanhfat, Mar 5, 2007.

  1. khanhfat

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    Just like the title says, when did they have that 160gb 7200rpm, I kinda want it in my notebook. I never heard of over 100gb 7200rpm comes out lately.
     
    khanhfat, Mar 5, 2007
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  2. Greg

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    There is currently no 160GB 7200RPM drive available on the market...though there will be I believe in the second half of the year. The 160GB 5400 just about matches the performance of the 100GB 7200...I've benched both.
     
    Greg, Mar 5, 2007
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    My guess is that it's just a typo. A while back I read that they're planning to have 250gig hdd's @ 7200rpm by the end of the year but I've never heard of a 160gig 7200rpm hdd.
     
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    WackyT, Mar 5, 2007
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    Interesting...they'll be in stock when the product actually ships for real though. I've heard nothing about actual availability and I checked before purchasing my current drive.
     
    Greg, Mar 5, 2007
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    WackyT, Mar 5, 2007
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    Greg, Mar 5, 2007
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    That is sweet.
     
    mtor, Mar 6, 2007
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    Can't say that I'm impressed. Running at about the same speed as previous 7200rpm. Extra GB's seems to be the only advantage.
     
    villageman, Mar 21, 2007
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    What else would you expect? Its still a 7200 RPM drive, larger capacity without being slower is the whole point of the drive.
     
    Iceman0124, Mar 21, 2007
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    you mean 5400rpm drive has same random access time as 7200rpm one... sorry, I'm not buying that statement.
     
    postmortem, Mar 21, 2007
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