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300GB notebook drive sets new record
The gap between notebooks and PCs as entertainment devices has narrowed
again today with Fujitsu’s announcement that it will launch a 300GB hard disk
drive for notebooks and TVs in February. This tops the previous biggest notebook drives
from Fujitsu and Toshiba which topped out at 200GB.
The Fujitsu 2.5in drive, called the MHX2300BT, uses second generation
perpendicular recording to boost the capacity to 300GB. 
Perpendicular recording, as opposed to the longitudinal recording in
previous HDDs, should be able to deliver 10 times the storage capacity.
There will also be a 250GB version called the MHX2250BT
and Fujitsu is confident of selling 1.5m of them next year.
Interestingly, the other key market that Fujitsu will be targeting the
drives at is the digital TV market, where it sees a lot more models coming with
integrated recorders.
For many users this will be a great thing as it will remove any complexity currently associated with hooking up DVD recorders to TVs and set-top boxes.
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