Verbatim has announced a new line of 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drives (HDDs), including the world’s first half-Terabyte 2.5-inch Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD), which features an industry standard 9.5mm Z-height drive.

 

June 5, 2008: Verbatim has announced a new line of 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drives (HDDs), including the world’s first half-Terabyte 2.5-inch Portable Hard Disk Drive (HDD), which features an industry standard 9.5mm Z-height drive.
The palm-sized external drives are available as USB and Combo modes from Verbatim stockists nationally now in the following capacities: 120GB, 160GB, 250GB, 320GB. The 500GB drive will be available later in 2008. When plugged in to the USB port of a computer, the USB drives can be accessed and used just like a computer hard drive and are compatible with the latest operating systems. They are supplied with Nero’s ‘BackItUp 2 Essentials’ software. The Combo (USB/Firewire) drives offer the “Time Machine” back-up feature of the Leopard Mac OS X operating system.
Weighing only 170 grams and measuring 86 x 137 x 16 mm, Verbatim’s new 500GB 2.5-inch SmartDisk HDD is easy to carry when travelling with a laptop and requires minimal desk space when connected to a desktop system. Inside its rugged case are three 166GB platters that utilise advanced Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology to deliver high storage capacity in a small form factor. To optimise performance, the drive features a 5400rpm spindle speed and includes 8MB of cache memory.

For more information, phone Verbatim on (03) 9823 0999 or visit www.verbatim.com.au.