Samsung intro’s the eco-friendly, 1TB EcoGreen F1 hard drive
Samsung has announced their new EcoGreen F1 hard drive touting a full one terabyte of storage capacity and environment friendly features. This eco-friendly hard drive can be used as either an external or internal hard drive for desktop PCs and thanks to the large capacity it would be well utilized for surveillance applications as well as for audio and video recording.
The EcoGreen F1 hard drive sets itself apart from other low-powered one terabyte hard drives by its 15% power savings when in use, and 50% power reduction as compared to the power utilized by other traditional hard drives. Additionally, the F1 hard drive utilizes a lower number of moving parts to make it run, thereby also boosting it’s speed when in use. It comes equipped with SilentSeek and NoiseGuard, both of which help achieve a quieter operation. It also has a reinforced flying on demand (FOD) technology that controls the distance between the disk and the head which ensures data stability.
As for its technical specifications, the Samsung F1 EcoGreen hard drive runs at 5,400rpm, has a 3.0Gbps SATA interface, native command queing features and a 32MB buffer memory. The EcoGreen F1 will be available on the second quarter of 2008 for $199.
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Western Digital releases My Book Studio Edition II, dual drive storage system for Macs
Western Digital has launched the new My Book Studio Edition II, a dual drive storage system designed specifically for Mac computers.The Western Digital My Book Edition II is a fully customizable drive, which users can service by themselves. If they need a higher capacity or experience a drive fail, users can just open the enclosure and replace the affected drive with a new or larger one. The My Book Edition II also brags about being an eco-friendly device due to its power saving features. The drive storage utilizes one-third less power than most standard dual drive external storage systems. In addition, the My Book Edition II is equipped with an efficient convection cooling system that does not require a fan. Hence, the drive will run quieter.
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