Fast and Furious: New 7200 mobile drives from Hitachi And Seagate

Conclusion

Both of the two new 7,200 RPM hard drives are capable of delivering storage performance that helps to noticeably reduce the performance gap between desktops and notebooks. In fact, the data transfer performance that Hitachi is able to deliver is pretty impressive, while Seagate put its focus on maximizing I/O performance. From this point of view, the Seagate drive seems to be ideal for server use, while we would rather recommend Hitachi's new TravelStar 7K100 for high-performance notebooks. Yet both drives clearly outperform any other 2.5" ATA hard drive that is on the market today.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.