Seagate’s new GoFlex line isn’t necessarily a direct replacement for Seagate’s popular FreeAgent family of external drives, but they’re certainly an upgrade. Not by way of speed or capacity (at least not specifically), but with their flexibility. Hence the “Flex” in the name. So what’s new? The complete line of drives that make up the GoFlex family feature interchangeable interface cables that’ll let you switch cables to match your ports. So whether you need a drive with a USB 2.0, USB 3.0, FireWire 800 or eSATA connection, or running Windows or Mac (or both), all you need is a GoFlex drive and the right cable adapter.
Seagate has announced the Momentus Thin, a new line of super slim laptop hard drives that measure only 7mm thick for fitting into similarly slim ultraportables. It’s a pretty significant size-cut, with the average 2.5-incher (such as Seagate’s own Momentus 5400.6) usually measuring 9.5mm. The Momentus Thin will pack a standard 5400rpm spindle, a SATA 3Gb/s interface, and an 8MB cache, but limited capacity that tops out at 250GB.
Storage company Seagate has been rather late to the party, but they’ve just entered the solid-state fray with a new line of SSDs called the Pulsar. Designed for enterprise blade and server applications, the Pulsar drive uses single-level cell (SLC) technology, delivers up to 200GB capacity, and is built in a 2.5-inch small form factor with a SATA3Gb/s interface.
Seagate has just announced the Barracuda XT, a hard drive that’s listed as the industry’s first 2TB desktop drive to run the 6Gbps SATA interface. The drive also features a 7200rpm motor and a large 64MB cache for performance. It’s built with a standard 3.5-inch desktop form factor, and is listed to offer a 600Mbps burst transfer speeds, and pans out to a more realistic 140MBps sustained transfer rate. The SATA II interface is supported, but should still work with older SATA 1.5Gbps and 3Gbps systems.
The 2GB Barracuda XT will sell for $299.
