NEW IBM 40 GNX ENHANCE 40GB /20GB 5400 RPM DRIVE FOR APPLE & PC NOTEBOOKS.Trans Intl. has announced the online availability of a new IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) 40 GNX GNX Global Net Exchange GNX Grand National Extra (Buick) GNX Gateway Network Exchange 2.5 inch, 5400-RPM hard disk drive offered in 20 GB and 40 GB [Giga-Byte] capacities delivering advanced notebook performance to entry-level and mainstream users. The new 5400-RPM drive offers users accelerated performance in a thinner (9.5 mm) hard disk drive. In earlier 5400-RPM drives, "spindle spindle: see spinning. A rotating shaft in a disk drive. In a fixed disk, the platters are attached to the spindle. In a removable disk, the spindle remains in the drive. Laptops use spindle designations to indicate the number of built-in drives. speed" was the top-of-the-line feature for mobile power users. It was only offered in the highest capacity drives -- which also required a thicker (12.5 mm) hard drive (mostly supported in the majority of bulky bulk·y adj. bulk·i·er, bulk·i·est 1. Having considerable bulk; massive. 2. Of large size for its weight: a bulky knit. 3. Clumsy to manage; unwieldy. notebooks). The Enhance 5400-RPM provides the capability for increased "power-on" hours making 2.5-inch drives suitable for mission critical applications. This offers users the ability to leave the power on around the clock [24x7]. Other performance features of the drive are, high RPM, increased data rate, advanced cache management software, larger cache size and most notable -- 5400 spindle speed in a drive with 9.5 mm thickness. Traditionally, 9.5 mm hard drives offer performance at 4200 RPM and are used in the vast majority of notebooks on the market. This new 40GB/20GB GB 5400 RPM drive is also available as an external Fire Wire portable unit featuring the fastest sustained data transfer rate of [20-35 MB/s] enabled by an OXFORD 911 Fire Wire to IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. bridge chip. |
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