Toshiba has the unpronounceable name MQ01ABD series hard disks for laptops has been released, with a maximum capacity of completed. n terabytes. The drives are Toshiba’s first hard drives with 500GB platters.
The MQ01ABD-series consists of disks that are composed of one or two platters; the datadichtheid per platter amounts to a maximum of 500GB, or 744,1 Gb per square inch. The smallest drive in the new laptopserie has a capacity of 250GB and is followed by a 320 and a 500GB version. The two largest disks have space for 750GB and 1TB of data. These are also the only two disks, of two platters need to make use of.
The hard drives feature a sata-300 interface and have a buffer of 8MB. The platters rotate with a 5400rpm around and have a average seek time of 12ms. The double platters of the 750GB and 1TB version have a higher noise generation than the singleplatter-drives; the noise level during idle and seek is respectively 23 and 24dB, 17 and 19dB for the lower capacities.
Toshiba will the 2.5″drives from mid-August in mass production. On pricing and actual availability is unknown, but given the specifications and the disks are not in the highest price segment reach.
