Western Digital ships new 500GB Scorpio Blue notebook drives
Notebook hard drives are certainly catching up to desktop hard drives as Western Digital announced that they’ve begun shipping 500GB WD Scorpio Blue 2.5 inch hard drives. The WD Scorpio Blue drives utilize 250GB per platter technology and will also be available in 400GB capacities. Other specs include:
- 3 Gb/s transfer rate
- WhisperDrive technology makes this drive one of the quietest 5400 RPM 2.5 inch drives out there
- ShockGuard technology
- IntelliSeek technology calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration
The new WD Scorpio Blue 500GB drive (model WD5000BEVT) and 400GB drive (model WD4000BEVT) will be available for $219.99 and $189.99 respectively.
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