Notebook Hard Drives: 750GB And 640GB Models Reviewed
Features
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Patrick Schmid and Achim Roos
Published
Remember when 500GB was the most you could get from a notebook drive? It seems like most vendors have made the transition to 640GB. Western Digital even has its own 750GB model that fits within the 9.5 mm z-height. So, which of these drives is the best?
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Benchmark Results: Access Time And I/O Performance
Access Time
The access time test is dominated by Samsung and Toshiba.
I/O Performance
It seems that only the Toshiba GSX and Seagate Momentus 5400 were optimized for I/O performance. The two other drives fall behind a bit. Samsung’s Spinpoint M7E in particular isn’t strong at I/O-intensive activity.
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