WD SHIPS INDUSTRY’S HIGHEST CAPACITY MOBILE HARD DRIVE FOR
NOTEBOOKS AND PORTABLE STORAGE DEVICES
NEW 250 GB WD Scorpio™ Drives Are WD’s Second Generation
Employing Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Technology
[quote]LAKE FOREST, Calif. – May 21, 2007 - Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced it is now shipping its 250 GB WD Scorpio™ 2.5-inch Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives. The drives employ perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) technology to achieve the highest capacity available in a small form factor drive and have WD proprietary features that make the drive quiet, use less power and run at cool operating temperatures.
“The 2.5-inch market continues to be a major focus for WD, and this 250 GB WD Scorpio drive represents our second-generation PMR platform,â€