Today, Seagate unwrapped the Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid drive.
What promises to be simply the fastest notebook drive on the planet…heck, throw a bracket on it, and it may be the fastest desktop drive, Momentus XT takes the pure speed of 4GB of SSD and the capacity (500, 320, & 250GB) of a hard drive and morphs them into a single 2.5-inch device that delivers SSD like performance at the cost of a hard drive. Gamers and power users craving SSD performance but not wanting to fork over the cash, take a breath. This drive is 80% faster than a 7200 RPM drive, and 20% faster than a 10,000 RPM SATA drive at a price you can afford.
Seagate touts its Adaptive Memory Technology as the secret sauce that delivers such speed. Without going into too much detail, Adaptive Memory Technology memorizes your every move and throws the files you need most onto the 4GB of SSD so you boot faster, load applications and games faster, and with 32MB of cache and a 7200RPM spindle speed, even write faster.
There’s more in it for you than the pure speed alone. Seagate is offering a chance to be one of the first to own a Momentus XT, so you can brag all you want. Let us know what you think of this game changing drive by commenting on this blog post. Speak your mind, share your excitement, or even your skepticism. If you win, we are confident we’ll make you a believer.
Winners will be drawn randomly and will receive one of five Momentus XT 500GB hard drives and a data transfer kit that makes upgrading your system simple. (See how simple) So gamers, and power users hungry for SSD like speed…speak up, and let us know you think. Afterall, this drive was made for you.
OFFICIAL LEGAL RULES:
http://media.seagate.com/2010/05/admin/seagate-momentus-xt-contest-rules/
