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Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

tinyhands — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:35:28 EST

I'd like to use these to fit a RAID into a normal size case, rather than having either a full-tower (do they even still make those?) or another external case & supply.

tinyhands

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Germanicus — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:48:32 EST

Oh bollocks, I was gonna post about disk sizes and speeds but decided not to put my foot in my mouth. yay speed!

Germanicus

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Inepsa — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:20:41 EST

@daftrok: I'm really not. I never have a problem with it slowing down or lagging. It acts just like any other iPod.

Inepsa

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

daftrok — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:48:34 EST

@Inepsa:
Stop lying.

daftrok

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

jibbly — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:44:56 EST

@Lack: Those were 2.5" HDD, we're talking about the eeny meeny tiny 1.8" you find in iPods and the like. Combined with SATA, these drives sound pretty sweet.

jibbly

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Inepsa — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:49:20 EST

My 160GB iPod Classic does not lag. Am I missing something? I have it full . . .

Inepsa

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

HJTravels — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:53:59 EST

Next thing they're going to come out with is a 5200rpm 5.25" floppy.

HJTravels

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Lack — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:39:29 EST

Dell had 5400 rpm drives optional on the D430 laptop for some time now, so it's not a worlds first I guess. Still, a welcomed addition.
To bad the X300 doesnt use them to cut the price below MBA level.

Lack

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:20:28 EST

@Monty: Relatively speaking, it would be higher performance.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Xavoc — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:24:41 EST

@Monty: At the physical density of that storage medium, and how small of a distance the head needs to move, it's probably quite fast.

Xavoc

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Monty — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:15:55 EST

TOSHIBA introduces high-performance 5,400 RPM 1.8-inch HDDs

Talk about an oxymoron. This would go great in my 15 horsepower sports car.

Monty

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Soundman1402 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:07:05 EST

@noamjamski: No, the un-docking nonsense is the point at which the content database is written to the disk (I think... I could be wrong on that). If you skip that, whatever content you transferred to your iPod won't show up in the menu (though it would be on the disk).

Hot plugging is the ability to connect the drive itself to a system/disk controller that is already powered on, or disconnect it while powered on.

Soundman1402

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Soundman1402 — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:02:26 EST

@Wilson:

I don't think this drive would be appropriate for portable media players. A 5400 RPM drive would probably actually extend lag by taking longer to spin up. The actual disk read, once the drive is on, takes maybe a second to cache several songs. The read speed is not the major issue when it comes to lag. A faster spindle speed most likely also means higher power draw, which would shorten battery life, a step considered by most to be in the wrong direction.

Only time (and the specs posted after the elapse of such) will tell. :)

Soundman1402

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

noamjamski — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:55:56 EST

The article says "Features include native command queuing, staggered spin-up and hot-plug capability."

Does the hot-plugging mean I would be able to just pull out my damn iPod without the whole un-docking nonsense?

noamjamski

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Tukdude — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:47:34 EST

One word
Bitchin.
Six other words
Can I even say bitchin here?

Tukdude

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Johnny Chimpo — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:41:57 EST

@Xavoc: LOL!!!

Johnny Chimpo

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Xavoc — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:36:19 EST

@uberfu: Oh Jigga please! Have you ever seen how much power a shorted lithium ion battery puts out? And who needs a flux capacitor when your iPod has ZZ Top on it?

Xavoc

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Xavoc — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:34:57 EST

@uberfu: SSD isn't necessarily the best option for every device. In fact, I don't think they make an 80 or 120 gig 1.8" SSD right now.

Xavoc

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

uberfu — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:32:25 EST

uberfu

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

uberfu — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:32:15 EST

@Xavoc: BUT you're still forgetting about the Flux Capacitor and the necessary 1.21 JIGA-wattz !!

uberfu

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

uberfu — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:31:18 EST

"and refreshes of subnotebooks like the MacBook Air" There ges the temperture rise and over-heating problems_ Good one_

Who ever is smoking stuff at Toshiba - not killing HD DVD sooner - and now this - should really lay offf the crank and also try focusing on SSD more to help cutt the prices and allow for wider market penetration_

uberfu

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

Xavoc — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:28:12 EST

Great, I can see it now. I'm going to be walking down the street and some sort of freak accident will happen with the battery pack in my iPod that will accelerate the drive to 88k rpm and I'll travel back in time...

Xavoc

Toshiba Speeds 1.8-Inch Drives Up to 5400rpm

strider_mt2k — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:23:51 EST

Try using a microdrive for an OS some time.
Talk about a lesson in patience. SHEESH!

strider_mt2k