Half a year late with high-capacity notebook drive but still climbing the charts

Seagate's new line of notebook drives has been listed at a number of online retailers for some time but today the number one hard drive manufacturer announced the official launch of its Momentus 5400.4 line of 2.5-inch hard drives.

The Momentus 5400.4 line builds on the Momentus 5400.3 series by not only utilizing platters and heads that support the perpendicular magnetic recording but also by incorporating the SATA 3 GB/sec interface. The 5400.4 series comes in capacities of 120GB, 160GB, 200GB, and the highest capacity in Seagate's notebook drive line of 250GB.

The higher-bandwidth interface makes way for an increase in performance as the 5400.4 line boasts a 58MB/sec sustained transfer rate, a 14MB/sec increase over the Momentus 5400.3's 44MB/sec rate. The Momentus 5400.4 series also improves on the average seek time from 12.5 to under 12 ms but skimps out on the handling of operating shock as it can withstand only 325 Gs, down from the 350 Gs the 5400.3 was able to handle.

Seagate took a back seat on the drive capacity front, however, it continues to top sales charts and it shows as it has climbed to the number two spot in notebook hard drive sales just last year while it maintains the number one spot in hard drive industry overall.

Official pricing on the 250GB model has not been announced, however, many online retailers have listed the ST9250827AS between $170-250.

Source from DailyTech