Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Sata 5400 Rpm 8MB 2.5IN

List Price: $199.99 Discount Price: $125.99

Features:

• Massive capacity - Whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer, WD's 320 GB 2.5-inch drives offer the most available capacity for space-hungry operating systems like Windows Vista?, plus plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video
• Fast and Efficient - With 5400 RPM spin speed and 12 ms access time, even the most demanding customer will appreciate the performance achieved by WD Scorpio drives.
• Quiet - In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD's exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden
• Reliable and Rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non- operational shock tolerance
• Tested for Compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in Western Digital's FIT Lab and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems

Customer Reviews:

My Macbook is now Pimpified. Superb Drive. [Posted on 2008-03-25]
My Macbook Pro recently gained a little pooch, those jeans we bought just a few months ago started getting tight, and I had to let out the belt a few notches. So I started hunting for a new drive.

Being a faithful WD Customer, I decided I would give their internal laptop drive a try. I've had several other products of theirs that haven't screwed me over yet. I've had this drive a good month and a half, and I haven't had any troubles in terms of crashing or weird behavior. although, it's always a good idea to backup, no matter how great a drive is. I'll be sure to update this review in the coming months with any changes.

Here's some of the reasons I bought this drive:

#1. My Current HD was full, or very near, and once this drive was up I had a good 200 GB of space. That's a Smickle-pickle load of space for a laptop.

#2. WD is generally a reliable brand, I haven't had any problems with them, and their internal and external hard-drives get very good reviews, especially compared to competitors products.

Some might be concerned whether this is for laptops or not: I was new to HD's and had to do quite a bit of research. To clarify, Yes, this is compatible with laptops. All 2.5 IN" Drives are.

I Haven't had any problems with heating up, either. Macbooks tend to run hot, so I was concerned about this issue. I have maintained about the same temperatures, give or take. It almost feels quieter, but that might just be my imagination, I don't have anything to prove it. The point it, I didn't notice it was hotter or louder than my original drive.


All in All, I'm very pleased with this drive and will keep all of you updated. Peace Out, and keep this in mind if your computer needs to undergo a gastric.

A great hard drive for the Apple Macbook [Posted on 2008-03-30]
I bought this hard drive for my macbook and so far I couldn't be happier. Not only have I had zero problems with it but I do believe that it's a bit faster than and just as quiet as the drive that came pre-installed with the macbook. It was a snap to replace and to move all my backed up files from a firewire drive back over to the macbook. I'd recommend this drive to anyone with a macbook who needs more space for video and audio files at a very affordable price.

Looking to Upgrade [Posted on 2008-04-29]
For those of you who are looking for an upgrade to your storage capability for your laptop or PS3 this is perfect. I installed this in my PS3 within minutes and was up and running with just around 300 GB after format and initial install.

It's amazing how small and light this drive is.

The drive arrived in an electrostatic bag with plastic frame to keep it protected and in the middle of the box.

GREAT BUY!! [Posted on 2008-05-05]
It's a great replacement 4 my HP pavilion DV6000 hard drive...,it's quickly, smooth and now a lot of space on it!!

excellent PS3 upgrade [Posted on 2008-05-12]
If your standard hard drive that came with the Sony Playstation 3 (20,40,60,80 GB) leaves you wanting more room this is a quick and simple way to fix it. It's plug and play. I haven't had any problems with it so far.

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