Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 Introduced

Hitachi has announced volume shipment of the Travelstar 7K200, “the industry’s highest-capacity, highest-performing notebook hard drive with new optional data encryption technology”. The 2.5-inch Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 spins at 7200rpm. It comes with 80GB, 100GB, 120GB, 160GB, or 200GB storage capacity and 16MB cache buffer memory, and uses SATA 3GB/s interface.

“With double the capacity and a 22 percent performance improvement over its predecessor, the 200-gigabyte (GB), 7200 RPM Travelstar 7K200 reigns supreme as the leader in this elite notebook hard drive segment. Now, with optional hard-drive level “Bulk Data Encryption” technology from Hitachi, the Travelstar 7K200 offers even greater cachet to notebook users by helping to guard against data loss and piracy,” the Company’s press release says.

Despite the higher motor spin speed, the 7200rpm Travelstar 7K200 offers comparable power consumption, heat emission and acoustics to its 5400 RPM counterparts, Hitachi claims.

Hitachi will also offer the Travelstar E7K200, an “enhanced-availability version” of the 7K200. The Travelstar E7K200 is designed for applications that require 24×7 data access.

Hitachi Travelstar 7K200 will be available in retail this summer at a suggested retail price of $249. Dell and Alienware already offer this hard drive on all Dell XPS notebooks and on all Alienware notebooks.

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