Andre Yoskowitz
27 Jul 2009 15:50
According to their latest press release, Western Digital has begun shipping the industry's first 1 TB notebook hard drive, the WD Scorpio Blue. Additionally, the company is releasing a 750GB model of the same line.
The largest capacity SATA drive has 333 GB-per-platter technology and being a 2.5-inch drive, is easily made portable.
The Scorpio Blue drives offer 3 Gbps transfer rates.
"The convergence of the growing mobile computing and digital media trends produces demand for desktop-like capacities in portable devices," adds Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of client systems at WD.
"Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives."
You can check the drive and prices here: WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB