Seagate to stop making 7200rpm mobile HDDs by year's end

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• Mar 1, 2013

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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Seagate-We-Will-Stop-Making-7200-RPM-Mobile-HDDs-by-Year-s-End-333386.shtml
So the HDDs are nearing it's death.

 

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Well this is sad news. 5400RPM drives are horrible! They needed to die!

 

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better buy a 1 or 2tb drive now when its available. i surely cannot afford a 1tb ssd and i don't want a crappy 5400rpm drive either !!

 

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Hah. WD is there man.

 

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• Mar 5, 2013

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Ah. Just realized that the news is about laptop hard disks. So, it does not affect most of us.