Conventional wisdom is that the next big transition in laptop storage will be SSD.
Not so.
According to Seagate, 5400 rpm laptop disk drives, the standard for years, will be knocked from their perch in 2011 by…7200 rpm disk drives.
What about SSD?
Faster disk drives close a good chunk of the performance gap between hard drives and SSD, without the astronomical price.
And new technology means that 7200 rpm disk drives use about the same power as 5400 rpm drives.
Read DailyTech’s and Maximum PC’s two cents’ worth on Seagate’s data.
SSD, where is thy zing?
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