Seagate momentus xt

[Farabomb]

A friend clued me in on this drive. I used to try an keep up with tech but then again, I was single.

Seagate momentus xt

It's a "hybrid" (I'm starting to hate that word) drive. The speed of a SSD and a the storage of a platter HDD at a price not much more than a regular HDD. It seems to basically be a HDD with a huge buffer and a firmware algorithm to keep the most often accessed files in the buffer. You get the speed (eventually) of a SSD without the cost.

I'm on the fence about getting one to try out in my netbook. It has a small, slow drive in it now that's full. I'm sure it doesn't have the low power requirements that SSDs have but I would like it a bit quicker and I need storage space. I'll have to decide after my trip.

Figure a few people here would be interested and may not have known about it.

[Joe]

I saw one advertised about a week or two ago. Looks interesting but I'd have to see it to believe it (SSD speed).

[Farabomb]

You can pick up a 500g one for below $200 and the 750g one is $230. You wan the 750 though, more flash memory and better firmware. Maybe after I get my taxes done I'll pick one up.