New 250 GB WD Scorpio™ Drives Are WD's Second Generation Employing Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Technology
Western Digital Corp. 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 new WD Scorpio drive further expands the company's breadth of 2.5-inch mobile hard drive offerings to capacity points ranging from 40 GB up to 250 GB.
WD Scorpio 250 GB drives (model WD2500BEVS) are available on the company's online store. Estimated pricing is $199.99 USD (about €150).
Source: Western Digital.
