Okay, Samsung didn’t really come up with the first 1TB 2.5-inch drive for notebooks (Western Digital first reached 1TB limit with the Scorpio Blue almost exactly a year ago), but the Spinpoint MT2 is Samsung’s first 2.5-inch drive to hit the 1TB limit. Not that it’s information that consumers like you and me would care about, mind you – we don’t really care who came first now, do we? But we do care about which 1TB drive is better.
To that end, Samsung is claiming that the Spinpoint MT2 is 20% faster and uses 4% less power than WD’s Scorpio Blue, although in a non-standard shell (it’s a bit thicker than the usual 2.5-incher) that limits it to certain notebook models and devices with a SATA or SATA II interface.
Samsung has just raised the ante for notebook storage by coming out with the Spinpoint MP4, a fast 2.5-inch drive with a capacity that tops out at 640GBs. While 640GB drives have been out for some time now, this drive’s most notable feature would be the 7200rpm motor—an improvement over standard 5400rpm notebook drives.
