Friday, November 30, 2007

Toshiba introduces 2.5-inch 80GB Hard Drive For Autos



As a response to many companies and end users installing hard drives into cars for portable entertainment systems,information and navigation applications. Toshiba's introducing the MK8050 hard drive that has increased shock tolerance and vibration dampening,improved capacity and provide alternative temperature ranges to assist automobile manufactures and after market suppliers in designing robust digital devices for the car. The disk has a cushion of air around the head to prevent scratching, which causes data loss, swearing and begging. Expect to see it in GPS units and do-it-yourselfer kits next March.FEATURES:

80GB* capacity
Rotational Speed of 4200rpm
Operating Shock of 300g
9.5mm High
16ms Average Seek Time
ATA-7 Interface
100MB/sec Transfer Rate