X-bit labs reviews 6 2.5" inch laptop hard drives including:
Fujitsu MHW2160BH
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00
Samsung HM160JI
Seagate ST9160821AS
Toshiba MK1637GSX
Western Digital WD1600BEVS
Today we will discuss six 2.5 HDDs with 160GB storage capacity, 5400rpm spindle rotation speed and SATA interface. These will be solutions from Fujitsu, Hitachi, Toshiba, Samsung, Seagate and Western Digital.
You can't have too much of storage space. Every PC or notebook user is going to tell you that. And while in a desktop PC you can increase the amount of storage by replacing your HDD with one that has a larger capacity or by adding one more HDD into your system, you can only go the former way with your notebook or small form-factor PC. Of course, you can use external HDDs with USB, FireWire or eSATA interfaces but they usually prove to be slower than HDDs connected directly to the mainboard via the already widespread SATA interface. Mobile HDDs may also prove unhandy as they mean one more device with additional weight and volume you have to deal with...
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