Mike Magee's site The Inqirer reports that IBM's Travelstar drives will be offered at 7200 rpm next year. It could mean that forking out extra for Firewire drives for audio could be unnecessary as internal drives -- particularly for machines which support two -- will do the job more than adequately. Here's the link with a partial quote below: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6103 >IBM also announced plans for a new 7200 RPM mobile drives, offering, it said, >users the ability to 'cut the cord' binding them to their desks. > >Both the Travelstar 5400 and 7200 RPM mobile drives are expected to be >available in the first quarter of 2003. ยต http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=6103
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7200 rpm Laptop drives from IBM in Q1 next year
2002-11-06 by Murray McDowall