Samsung SpinPoint M7
April 22nd, 2009
Samsung presente the new SpinPoint M7: 500GB 5400rpm hard-drive for laptops, ou MacBook or MacBook Pro.
Samsung offered 500GB hard-drive for laptop, the M6 at 5400rpm, so what’s the point?
The point is they use density to simplify the hard-drive, using 2 platters on the M7 instead 3 for the M6, and this is a huge shift in the hard-drive market : they will be able to offer 750GB hard-drive for laptop using 3 platters of 250GB each, they prefer to reduce the capacity to simplify M7 hardware, one simple disk with one or 2 sides used, from 120GB to 500GB.
Now the hard-drive manufacturer aren’t trying to compete on speed and capacity, but on price. They want to bargain they products, this is the end for their business!