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Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 2.5 Inch, 8 MB Cache, 5400 RPM SATA II WD5000BEVT

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$81.99
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$53.34
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Product Info

  • Brand: Western Digital
  • EAN: 0718037728445
  • Manufacturer: Western Digital

Features

  • Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
  • WD's exclusive WhisperDrive yields one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.
  • WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks
  • With 5400 RPM spin speed and 12 ms access time and up to 3 GB/s SATA interface speed

Editorial Reviews:

  • Ooma 500GB Scorpio Blue SATA Mobile Hard Drive Big capacity for portable computing. With available SATA or PATA interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offerhigh-performance, low power consumption, and cooloperation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability. Features: * Massive capacity - Whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer, WD Scorpio Blue SATA drives are available in capacities up to 500 GB and offer the most available capacity for space-hungry operating systems, like Windows Vista, with plentyof room left over for photos, music, and video. * Quiet - In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WDs exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden. * Reliable and rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long-term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance. * Fast and efficient - With 5400 RPM spin speed and 12 ms access time and up to 3 Gb/s SATA interface speed, even the most demanding customer will appreciate the performance achieved by WD Scorpio Blue drives. * Tested for compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT LabTM and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidencethat our drives will work in their systems.

Spotlight customer reviews:

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  • Summary: Great upgrade for my Macbook Pro (1.83 GHz Core Duo)
  • Comment: Thanks to this harddrive (and 54.95) my Macbook Pro went from 80 gigabytes of storage to half a terrabyte. The new drive is whisper quiet, runs cooler, is faster, and is roomy. I don't feel a need to upgrade this notebook for quite a while with this upgrade.

    This harddrive is EXCELLENT, and the three-year-warranty is quite ample.
    I think that this product is an absolute bargain at $54 and change. Free shipping too!

    Go for it, I say. Just be sure to know what you're doing when you open up your computer - especially a Macbook. Look for a service manual on the internet, and label your screws and obtain the correct screwdrivers, and a "spudger."

    Save your receipt in case of problems during the warranty period.

    Pretty positive review huh?



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  • Summary: Hard Drive
  • Comment: This was ordered for someone else. They haven't said if they have had any problems.

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  • Summary: Perfect, as expected.
  • Comment: This item is exactly what I want. It is stable and reliable so far. It was recognized by my Thinkpad easily and the installation process was without any difficulty.

  • Customer Rating: Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5Average rating of 5/5
  • Summary: Works great
  • Comment: It works great .. once you set it up. I wanted to use it with an external enclosure but you need to plug it on your motherboard and initialize it via 'Manage' in windows and then you can see the drive and format it.

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  • Summary: Great Hard Drive, Great Price
  • Comment: The drive works great, It runs quieter and cooler than the OEM drive in our Macbook. Unbelievable price for a huge laptop HD.