Seagate presents next generation of computing with their massive Barracuda 7200.11 1.5 TB and Momentus 1/2 TB storage hard drives, including world’s first 1.5 Terabyte desktop PC and half Terabyte notebook/laptop hard drives to meet the explosive worldwide demand for digital-content storage in home and business environments.

1.5 Terabyte Desktop Hard Disk Drive

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11, the first 1.5 terabyte desktop hard drive to hit the market. The debut of the Barracuda® 7200.11 1.5TB hard drive,a half-terabyte increase from the previous highest capacity of 1TB is the eleventh generation of Seagate’s drive for desktop PCs, marks the single largest capacity hard drive jump in the more than half-century history of hard drives.

Technical Details

The Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive combines the capacity and speed required for today’s most demanding desktop PC applications. The drive packs 1.5TB on just four platters and its fast Serial ATA 3Gb/second interface delivers an industry-leading sustained data rate of up to 120MB/second for fast boot, application startup and file access. The 3.5-inch drive is also offered in capacities of 1TB, 750GB, 640GB, 500GB, 320GB and 160GB with cache options of 32MB and 16MB.

The Barracuda 7200.11 hard drive combines proven PMR technology, components and expert manufacturing to provide 1.5TB of reliable storage for mainstream desktop computers, workstations, desktop RAID, gaming and high-end PCs, and USB/FireWire/eSATA external storage.

½ Terabyte Notebook PC Drive

Seagate’s 2.5-inch half-terabyte 5400- and 7200-rpm drives.Momentus® 5400.6 and Momentus 7200.4 deliver the best combination of capacity, mobility and durability for mainstream and high-performance notebook computers, external storage solutions, PCs and industrial applications requiring small form factor.

Technical Details

Momentus 5400.6 and Momentus 7200.4 hard drives are the fourth generation of Seagate’s laptop family to use PMR. The Momentus 5400.6, a 5400-rpm drive, combines a powerful Serial ATA 3Gb/second interface and capacities ranging from 120GB to 500GB with an 8MB cache. The Momentus 7200.4 hard drive, with its 7200-rpm spin speed and a Serial ATA 3GB/second interface, delivers true desktop performance.

Shock Resistance

Both Momentus drives are built tough enough to resist up to 1,000 Gs of non-operating shock and 350 Gs of operating shock to protect drive data, making the drives ideal for systems that are subject to rough handling or high levels of vibration. For added robustness in mobile environments, the Momentus 5400.6 and 7200.4 are offered with G-Force Protection, a free-fall sensor technology that helps prevent drive damage and data loss upon impact if a laptop PC is dropped. The sensor works by detecting any changes in acceleration equal to the force of gravity and parks the heads off the disc to prevent contact with the platter in a free fall of as little as 8 inches and within 3/10ths of a second.

Power Efficient

Seagate’s new Momentus drives are low on power consumption, allowing notebook users to work longer between battery charges, and are virtually inaudible thanks to Seagate’s innovative SoftSonic fluid-dynamic bearing motors and QuietStep ramp load technology.

Warranty

All Momentus and Barracuda drives are backed by Seagate’s leading five-year warranty.

Apple launched the world’s thinnest laptop computer with thinnest laptop batteries

Apple today unveiled the world’s thinnest laptop MacBook ® Air.

 MacBook Air the thinnest of the reach an unprecedented 0.16 inches, and its maximum height of 0.76 inches but less than the thinnest laptop similar point. MacBook Air has a stunning 13.3-inch, glossy, widescreen, LED-backlit display, the standard backlit keyboard, built-in iSight ® video camera, as well as multi-touch gesture support (Multi-touch gesture), allowing users to experience the opening and closing, rotating or the multi-touch touchpad. MacBook Air equipped with 4MB of shared cache 1.6 GHz or 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and includes 2GB standard memory, a 80GB 1.8-inch drive and the latest 802.11n Wi-Fi technology and Bluetooth 2.1.

“We create the world’s thinnest notebook computer - but without sacrificing the full-size keyboard or full-size 13 inches display,” Apple CEO Steve Jobs said, “first to see the MacBook Air, you it is hard to believe It is with a full-size keyboard and display high-performance notebook computers, but it did. “

MacBook Air with a bright, energy-saving 13.3-inch, glossy, widescreen, LED-backlit display, and the generous support of multi-touch touchpad to open and close, rotate, and a variety of touch gestures, makes the Safari ™ browse and rotate photos or zoom page more intuitive than in the past. MacBook Air will be full-size keyboard design in fashion, durable aluminum alloy in the fuselage. Backlit keyboard so that MacBook Air, such as airplanes, studios or conference room so dark environment is also very good, and built-ambient light sensors can automatically adjust the keyboard and display brightness, thereby providing the best visual effects.

When Intel asked designers to build a better laptop, its instructions were simple, really. The machine has to be fashionable, able to connect to all manner of wireless networks, and full of the latest, fastest computing capabilities. Oh yes, and make it as thin as Motorola’s Razr. Its own engineers in conjunction with Ziba Design in Portland, Ore., rose to the challenge.

The result, code-named Intel mobile Metro notebook, is less than 0.7 inches thick—about one-quarter of an inch thicker than Motorola’s (MOT) iconic cell phone, making it the world’s thinnest notebook. And at 2.25 pounds, it’s also one of the lightest small-sized portable computers. Other features include always-on Internet connectivity via various wireless technologies.