Seagate announces new PC hard drives

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Seagate has announced three families of benchmark-busting 2.5-inch notebook PC hard drives built on perpendicular recording technology to deliver mammoth capacities of up to 160GB.

Seagate Technology, the world's number one hard drive maker, announced three families of benchmark-busting 2.5-inch notebook PC hard drives built on perpendicular recording technology to deliver mammoth capacities of up to 160GB. The new products include a notebook disc drive that combines rotating disc storage with flash memory for ultra power efficiency, faster boot-ups and greater reliability; a data encrypting drive that delivers the highest levels of protection for information on lost, stolen or retired notebook PCs; and a 7200-RPM model for super-speedy laptops.

"In the race to meet the world's growing demand for storage capacity, Seagate has jumped to a strong lead with perpendicular recording disc drives across all of its disc drive platforms - desktop, notebook, enterprise, consumer electronics and external storage," said Seagate senior vice president and general manager, Personal Storage, Karl Chicca

"But when it comes to notebook PC storage, users nee

d much more than increasing capacity. Seagate also is building notebook drives with the highest levels of performance, power efficiency, security and durability to meet the multi-faceted needs of users as mobile computing continues to become a much larger part of our digital lifestyle."

"Notebook PCs are continually transforming into new configurations with increased functionality, placing fresh demands on hard disc drives," said IDC's Research Manager, hard disc drives, John Rydning "Hard disc drive makers are responding by providing HDD improvements that enhance notebook PC performance, battery life and security."

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