{"id":82314,"date":"1999-12-31T00:39:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wd-unveils-black-notebook-hard-drive\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:39:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:39:00","slug":"wd-unveils-black-notebook-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/wd-unveils-black-notebook-hard-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"WD Unveils Black Notebook Hard Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scorpio Black hard drive from Western Digital comes with a couple of features to protect important data.<P><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 align=right border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=200 height=180><A onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20080613034248128ea.jpg', 'foo', 'width=400, height=1074, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\" href=\"javascript:;\"><IMG src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20080613034248128ea_200x180.jpg\" border=0><\/A><BR>Click to enlarge<\/FONT><\/TD><\/TR><\/TBODY><\/TABLE>According to Western Digital, the Scorpio Black family of hard drives is designed for use in OEM notebook systems as well as by users who want to upgrade the speed and performance of their current notebook system. This hard drive combines 7200 RPM spin speed with a SATA 3 GB\/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver maximum notebook performance. <\/P><P>WD&#8217;s vice president and general manager of mobile storage, Jim Morris said, &#8220;In today&#8217;s busy and on-the-go lifestyle, notebook systems play an increasingly pivotal role in the home office and are relied upon to efficiently run sophisticated applications. High performance, high-capacity hard drives are a key ingredient to notebooks as system manufacturers continue to add data-hungry features that allow users to fully benefit from the latest computing technologies.&#8221;<\/P><DIV class=NFBreak contentEditable=false style=page-break-before:always>&nbsp;<\/DIV><P>&nbsp;<STRONG>WD Scorpio Black Exclusive Features:<\/STRONG><\/P><P>IntelliSeek &#8211; IntelliSeek technology calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.&nbsp; <\/P><P>SecurePark &#8211; WD&#8217;s SecurePark 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 shock tolerance. <\/P><P>ShockGuard &#8211; WD&#8217;s ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks during shipping and handling and in daily operation. <BR>&nbsp;<BR>Free-fall Sensor &#8211; As an added layer of protection, if the drive (or the system it&#8217;s in) is dropped while in use, WD&#8217;s free-fall sensor detects that the drive is falling and, in less than 200 milliseconds, parks the head off the disks to help prevent damage and data loss. <\/P><P>WhisperDrive &#8211; WD&#8217;s WhisperDrive technology combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms that result in one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives on the market. <\/P><P>Product Summary<\/P><P>Manufacturer: Western Digital<BR>Product Name: WD Scorpio Black<BR>320GB RRP: $319<BR>250GB RRP: $259<BR>160GB RRP: $189<\/P><P>See: <A href=\"http:\/\/www.westerndigital.com\">www.westerndigital.com<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Scorpio Black hard drive from Western Digital comes with a couple of features to protect important data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":92326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-hardware","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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