Deal:
WD Scorpio 160GB SATA 2.5" Hard Drive $70 at Super Media Store
SuperMediaStore.com has the Western Digital Scorpio WD1600BEVS 160GB SATA 2.5" Notebook Hard Drive for $70 + $0 shipping = $70 shipped. Uses perpendicular magnetic recording and has a seek time of 12ms. This is the retail boxed kit.
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#1
bellemead - Posted 5:42 am PDT 05/2/08 (397 Posts)
What happened to the large capacity IDE notebook drives that were supposed to appear after the SATA production caught up to demand?
#2
TheBS - Posted 7:21 am PDT 05/2/08 (1230 Posts)
Most everyone has switched to SATA as of 160GB, with many dropping PATA altogether. It may have to do with the unifying commoditization of SATA and SAS, since they both use virtually the same, mechanical parts.
#3
superman2005 - Posted 8:58 am PDT 05/2/08 (870 Posts)
to check what interface your notebook has go to device manager and change the view to "view by connection". You should see the SATA controller/drive on the PCI bus
#4
bellemead - Posted 9:28 am PDT 05/2/08 (397 Posts)
I guess with the throw-away cheap notebooks the older interface is not a problem since they fall apart before the technology changes. I have an IBM ThinkPad X31 that still works fine but has a PATA interface. But I won't buy a new notebook just to get a SATA interface.
#5
ChugokuOtaku - Posted 11:52 am PDT 05/2/08 (1438 Posts)
those x31s will last forever
Thinkpads FTW
Thinkpads FTW
#6
nonesuch - Posted 7:01 am PDT 05/3/08 (299 Posts)
I need a notebook SATA drive, but I won't get this one because it's a WD.
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