Laptop Logic has taken a look at Seagate's new 160GB notebook drive that features perpendicular recording: "For those of you not familiar with perpendicular recording, we've prepared a little refresher course on this new technology. This is the replacement for the 5400.2 lineup, which previously went from 40GB to 120GB with 8MB cache at a 5400RPM spindle speed. There are two major things that have changed with the 5400.3's: a new maximum capacity and a new recording method. The 5400.3 series goes all the way up to 160GB with 8MB cache and 5400RPM. While not an industry first in capacity, as Fujitsu has a 160GB 4200RPM longitudinal drive (SATA only), this is the first officially released perpendicular recording 2.5" drive. Hitachi and Fujitsu have been discussing perpendicular drives for quite some time, but when we spoke to Fujitsu at CES they indicated we probably won't see Fujitsu perpendicular drives until 2007.."



Link: Laptop Logic