Since we don’t do any hardcore specification reviewing here at The Dojo, its difficult for us to review products whose benefits are subjective on many levels. The hard drive is certainly one of the most difficult devices to review since it really just stores data. For a mobile human on the go, however, a large hard drive in the lappy can make a huge difference, and this is where Western Digital’s new Scorpio 320GB 2.5″ SATA drive comes in.
This particular review has two primary components. First is the drive itself. Second is the installation. The first part I can get out of the way quickly. The drive looks like any other standard 2.5″ SATA drive. Made of metal and some plastic. SATA interface on the back. Label on the top. Little hole with a warning not to cover it. Holes for various screws and whatnot. Specification-wise, its a 2.5″ drive with 320GBs of capacity, it runs at 5400RPM, a reasonable 12ms access time, integrated drop protection, and has an 8MB cache. Continue reading »
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