Re: [Thinkpad] Fujitsu 200GB notebook HD?

In the case of mt 120G beasties, the warranty and buffer size are
unchanged. Only the price is smaller.

However, your comment about decreasing warranty life is valid.
Sigh. Things always get cheaper but not quite as good. I'll start
keeping track.

--STeve Andre'

On Tuesday 28 March 2006 15:58, Ray Bayles wrote:
> Take another look based on buffer, and such. My print out of New Egg
> drives from last June show all prices now higher than then... Also much,
> much higher on ZipZoomFly, and Outpost.
>
> Most manufacturers are now dividing into performance categories based on 2
> MB buffer, 4 mb buffer, and 8 mb buffer along with warranty length. Some
> are selling the Seagate OEM without the 5 year warranty.
>
> On 3/28/06, STeve Andre' <andres@msu.edu> wrote:
> > Hmm. When I bought a pair of the 120G Seagate disks five months ago,
> > they were $249 each. Today I see Newegg.com has them for $209, and
> > 160G disks are available for $327, which is at least $10 cheaper than the
> > first price for I saw for it.
> >
> > Yes, laptop sales are going crazy, but more companies are in the
> > marketplace, so I don't see how this is much different from the mid 90's
> > when IDE price/capability changed every month. Probably the prices
> > and size won't change as dramatically as the larger 3.5" disks did, but
> > still, they're falling...
> >
> > It will be indeed interesting to see when the 200G disk comes out!
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
> >
> > On Tuesday 28 March 2006 15:37, Ray Bayles wrote:
> > > Actually, just the opposite is being projected. Notebook/laptop drives
> > > have gone up 30 percent since last June. The higher speed, larger
> >
> > format
> >
> > > drives are selling at an incredible rate, but so far they are not
> >
> > lasting
> >
> > > nearly as long as the old 20 to 40 GB.
> > >
> > > Laptop sales have gone up dramatically, according to the Wall Street
> > > journal, and the failure rate of the drives is allowing them to project
> > > that there will be a real market battle based on Speed and size, not
> >
> > price.
> >
> > > Samsung has also moved into the market. Samsung, Fujitsu, Toshiba,
> >
> > Western
> >
> > > Digital, Seagate, and Hitachi are all projecting increases in sales and
> > > related income on laptop drive.
> > >
> > > The part that worries me is the shorter life of the fast and large
> >
> > drives,
> >
> > > and the enormous prices they already command.
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > > On 3/28/06, David Goldman <David@dgoldman.com> wrote:
> > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30600
> > > >
> > > > Aparently, Fujitsu has announced a 2.5" 200GB hard drive for release
> > > > in the third quarter of this year. Hopefully, this one is only the
> > > > first of many larger notebook HD options and a sign that smaller (?)
> > > > drives (80-100GB) are about to drop in price.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Goldman
> > >
> > > Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
> > >
> > > Cicero, 43 BC
> >
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