Take that WD, Toshiba, and Hitachi. Fujitsu just returned from exile with a claim to the biggest fastest laptop-disk throne. The 3Gbps SATA-equipped M

Take that WD, Toshiba, and Hitachi. Fujitsu just returned from exile with a claim to the biggest fastest laptop-disk throne. The 3Gbps SATA-equipped MHZ2 BJ series measures in at a standard 9.5-mm and spins at 7,200rpm with a 16MB cache and 25dB idle noise level. Average seek times are listed at 10.5-ms for data reads and 12.5-ms for writes while drawing 2.3 watts of power. Oh sure, a couple of 2.5-inch 500GB disk drives have already been announced. But most of those measure in at a non-standard 12.5-mm making them unsuitable for the majority of laptops on the market today. Sales of the new MHZ2 BJ-series begins in June.



I think this is great that they are increasing the capabilities of the drives. However, has anyone used their notebook in their car while the car is moving for a long period of time? As a passenger or leaving the notebook on?

Many business run into this problem with mobile employees. They are having to replace notebook drives every 6 to 9 months. Having a notebook on while driving will destroy the hard drive! The vibrations are not good for the drive.

This void is where SSD (solid State Drives) will fill. What would be great is to have a small SSD 20 GB for the operating system and a large regular drive for storage. Then the HD will be able to shut off during high vibration times. Saving the HD and the computer can operate off of the SSD.