Western Digital has announced two new mobile hard drive - a one terabyte model and a 750 GB model. The 1 TB model is the industry’s highest-capacity 2.5-inch drive available.
The WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB and 1 TB hard drives have a 12.5 mm form factor and are suited for use in portable storage solutions. Other applications include select notebooks and small form factor desktop PCs. Both WD Scorpio Blue drives deliver a 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s) transfer rate.
“The convergence of the growing mobile computing and digital media trends produces demand for desktop-like capacities in portable devices,” said Jim Morris, senior vice president and general manager of client systems at WD. “Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives.”
Other features include -
- WhisperDrive – WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive technology combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to produce one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives available.
- ShockGuard – Leading-edge ShockGuard technology combines firmware and hardware advancements to meet the highest combined shock tolerance specifications required for mobile and notebook applications.
- 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 shock tolerance.
WD Scorpio Blue 750 GB drives are available through select distributors and resellers while the 1 TB capacity is available now configured into My Passport Essential SE USB drives.
The manufacturer’s suggested retail price for the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB drive is $249.99 USD and for the 750 GB version it is $189.99 USD. WD Scorpio Blue hard drives are covered by a three-year limited warranty.
