Seagate launches 160GB perpendicular HDD

Posted on Wednesday, January 04 2006 @ 0:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Inq reports Seagate has launched its first 160GB notebook hard drive that uses perpendicular recording.

The 2.5-inch HDD uses a PC's USB port and supports a data transfer of 40Mbps.

The 160GB HDD will cost $379 and will be available in February.

By April the firm will also unveil an e-Sata HDD with a storage capacity of 500GB.

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