{"id":406,"date":"2011-08-04T15:13:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T05:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/?p=406"},"modified":"2011-08-04T15:15:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T05:15:51","slug":"wd-slims-1tb-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/2011\/08\/wd-slims-1tb-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"WD Slims 1TB Hard Drive to Fit Mainstream Notebooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>New 9.5 mm WD Scorpio Blue Mobile Drive Offers Largest Capacity Available for Portable Computing<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sydney, Australia: August 4, 2011<\/strong> \u2014 Western Digital\u00ae, a leader in the desktop, mobile, high-capacity enterprise and consumer markets for hard drives, today announced that it has commenced volume shipments of its WD Scorpio\u00ae Blue\u2122 9.5 mm, 2.5-inch mobile hard drive with 1 TB capacity. Designed for mainstream notebook computers, the new WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB hard drive utilizes 500 GB-per-platter areal density and is now available in the highest capacity for 2.5-inch hard drives in the industry-standard 9.5 mm, two-platter (2-disk) form factor.<\/p>\n<p>WD Scorpio Blue mobile hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability and data-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. The WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB mobile hard drive also achieves excellent power and performance, making it an ideal solution for notebook computers and other portable devices that require extended battery life and cool, ultra quiet operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the release of the 1 TB WD Scorpio Blue notebook drive in a 9.5 mm package, WD is able to offer the greatest storage capacity available for use in portable computing environments,\u201d said Matt Rutledge, vice president and general manager of Client Storage for WD. \u201cMobile users no longer need to choose maximum capacity over thin and light, WD is ready with storage options, achieved without compromise to performance and reliability, that prove ideal for mobile digital devices of all kinds including PC and Mac notebook computers; external storage; and digital media players.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WD Scorpio Blue Features:<\/strong><br \/>\nLow power consumption \u2013 Advanced power management features and algorithms optimize the way the drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption.<br \/>\nCool and quiet &#8211; In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD&#8217;s exclusive WhisperDrive\u2122 technology yields one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.<br \/>\nReliable \u2013 WD\u2019s SecurePark\u2122 parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance.<br \/>\nShock Tolerant \u2013 WD\u2019s ShockGuard\u2122 technology, now increased to a best-in-market 400Gs shock specification, protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.<br \/>\nAdvanced Format (AF) &#8211; Technology being adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers to continue growing hard drive capacities. New drives featuring AF are optimized for operation with the following operating system software: Windows\u00ae 7, Windows Vista\u2122 and Mac OS X Tiger\u00ae, Leopard\u00ae, Snow Leopard\u00ae (PVT models only).<br \/>\nTested for compatibility &#8211; WD performs tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in its FIT Lab\u2122 and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give customers confidence that drives will work in specific systems.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing and Availability<br \/>\nManufacturer: Western Digital<br \/>\nProduct Name: WD Scorpio Blue (1TB)<br \/>\nRRP: AU $149 \/  NZ $206<br \/>\nOnline Store Australia: http:\/\/store.westerndigital.com\/store\/wdau\/en_AU\/home<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New 9.5 mm WD Scorpio Blue Mobile Drive Offers Largest Capacity Available for Portable Computing Sydney, Australia: August 4, 2011 \u2014 Western Digital\u00ae, a leader in the desktop, mobile, high-capacity enterprise and consumer markets for hard drives, today announced that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":407,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[241,240,239],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions\/409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newtricks.net.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}