Fujitsu 6.4GB HD - New old tech
What might you wonder, are we doing reviewing a 6.4 Gig hard drive?
Well, the time has finally come when this drive has become one of the *smallest*
and least expensive currently available from Fujitsu. Considering I started off with a 85Mb hard drive in my
first computer just eight years ago that's kind of shocking, but hey, the times they
be a changing. Anyway if you are like me and trying
to set up a new computer for the absolute least amount of money, peripheral costs tend
to be more important then size - but not necessarily speed ;-)
That's not all, rather then just reviewing a hard drive
which I'm sure everyone thinks has been around for a few years now, we
instead see that Fujitsu doesn't sit on its drives but continually improves them
to current standards. With that said, the 6.4 Gig drive below was made
this year
and sports some subtle but very useful changes
from its predecessors.
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If you have had a Fujitsu hard drive before you may notice a change of
colour - the once all black drives now sport a spiffy stainless steel cover. The
new cover makes this drive almost impossible to hear, unlike the previous
version which had the black aluminium cover and was relativly loud. Here are the general drive specs
for the number hungry:
| Fujitsu MPE3064AT
(6.4Gb) Hard Drive |
| Capacity |
6.4GB |
| Interface |
UDMA66 |
| Avg. Seek Time |
9.5 ms |
| Platter Speed |
5400 RPM |
| Data Rate (media) |
17.2-30.4 Mb/s |
| Data Rate (host) |
66.6 Mb/s (UDMA) |
| Buffer |
512 Kb |
| Height |
26.1mm |
| Weight |
620g |
| Warranty |
3 years |
| Cost
~$130CDN | |
Model
"MPE" |
- Third-generation breakthrough
Giant Magneto-Resistive heads
- High-capacity platters of up to
6.8 GB each
- New top cover improves sound level
by 1 dB for quieter operation
Incidently that three year warrenty is a great thing to have. So long as the
drive has its serial number, it can be returned to Fujitsu for replacement if
anything goes wrong within three years of its making. I had one Fujitsu drive
that had a few problems and returning it to them for a brand new replacement was
easy and cost nothing. Fujitsu's aftermarket support is excellent in my
book.
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