Probably the size of the drive... that is the standard size of the current Seagate and Fujitsu.
If you have an old 760 or 765 Thinkpad lying around (and others) you can see what the new WD 1 TB size looks like... as they were 11.5, or just shy of that. ----- This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last. ... .... ..... ...... ....... Oscar Wilde On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:14 AM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 27 July 2009 12:02:46 Repair Clinic wrote: > > These new 1 TB Western Digital Drives fit many current laptops just > fine, > > and new laptops will be configured to handle them. Western Digital does > > warn of the now non-standard thickness of 12.5mm, like the older Thinkpad > > hard drives, so a drop-in upgrade won't be possible for all laptops. > > < > http://www.techspot.com/news/35593-western-digital-unveils-1tb-25inch-note > >book-drive.html#>users – Western Digital is initially offering these up in > > their My Passport Essential SE portable USB drives. The duo come with > > anti-shock protection and promise extremely low noise levels in operation > > thanks to its > > WhisperDrive technology. The 750 GB's fit ok in a T-65. This is too big > of > > an announcement for failure so WD is careful on its release. > > > > I think Western Digital had to get them out to temper the noise of the > new > > SSD's which are capable of many different sizes. > > I get the sinking feeling that my W500 isn't going to handle this. I > can't > turn my laptop off and stare at the disk enclosure right now, but the data > in tabook says 9.5mm, which doesn't make clear if thats the size of the > disk > or if thats the size of the enclosure. Sniff. > > --STeve Andre' > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
