Hitachi on May 10 began to ship its 200GB, 7200RPM Travelstar 7K200 high-performance hard drive for notebooks. Hitachi claims the 7K200 has a 22% increase in performance over its previous high-performing hard drive.
Even with a higher rotational speed, the 7K200 has comparable power consumption, heat and acoustic properties next to its 5400RPM stablemate. The drive offers between an 18% and a 33% performance improvment in application performance compared to a 5400RPM drive.
Data encryption technology is available as an option on the drive. The 7K200 is currently available in the Dell XPS M2010 and in all of Alienware's notebooks.
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For retail availability, the wait for the Travelstar 7K200 hard drives would be longer. The 200GB drives would be available from July 2007 for $249.
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