Samsung intros Spinpoint M6 500GB standard height laptop drive, Hitachi be damned

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Hitachi had to hack it to produce a 500GB 2.5-inch laptop drive, adding another platter (and a few millimeters thickness) that prepare their new 5K500 impossible to install in most standard laptops and enclosures — but not Samsung. The Spinpoint M6 500GB drive brings a half terabyte at the standard

9.5mm height,

and should land some duration in March, meaning your current laptop — and not just those new Asus machines — should be able to accommodate one or two of these massive mothers.

[Via Pocket-Lint]

 

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