Seagate Momentus ST9750420AS 750GB 7200 RPM RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive

Pros: This drive employs single platter technology with AF (Advanced Format), which means data density is high and speed increases accordingly. 7200 RPM, 16MB cache. Runs cool, and silent. No vibrations that I noticed. Replaced an aging WD Scorpio Black 320GB drive in a older Core2Duo notebook PC. The Scorpio Black, per ATTO, did not exceed 89 MB/s sequential read or write. This Seagate hangs around 114 MB/s sequential read/write maximum and ramped up at 16KB file sizes. This is on a 3 Gbp/s SATA II interface via the Intel GM965 Express chipset.

Cons: Would love to have seen a 1TB version, but neither Seagate nor WD offer one. My guess is platter density versus 7200 RPM spindle speed in the 2.5" form factor is not perfected in the 1TB capacity yet.

Other Thoughts: Purchased this drive on a $20 off promo code; so I spent only $69. Great buy, and great drive. Could not be much happier.

Pros: Thin enough for most laptop installs with no issues. 7200RPM speed is a plus with a nice 16MB cache. Uses less wattage than the drive it replaces so battery life should be better. Boot time is greatly reduced. The only thing faster is an SSD.

Cons: A little noisier than the drive it replaced, but not as noisey has some of the 7200RPM laptop drives I've had.

Other Thoughts: Had to get this in a hurry for a drive that was dying in my daughter's Acer laptop. Got the old drive cloned onto this drive and put in and it's almost a new laptop. Much faster boot times, much faster searches, but a little noisier. I will keep a close eye on it for issues using SeaTools. At least if it has a problem, I know Seagate has a good warranty program.

Pros: Super quiet and low powered compared to a 3.5" desktop drive

Cons: "only" 750GB, not 1TB

Other Thoughts: I'm using this in a SATA enclosure with my Pace 758D HD PVR terminal. PVRs are notorious for always staying on so it was time for a change for quiet.

Pros: Runs fast and cool

Cons: Nothing I can think of

Pros: *Computer speed is about 4x what my wife was used to.
*easy install on the A1212 Macbook Pro 17'' late 2006 model
*followed Ifixit.com steps (link posted below) and took less then 25 minutes
*little to no vibration
*cant beat New eggs prices!

Cons: nothing

Other Thoughts: Follow this link and if you have a A1212 macbook pro 17'' late 2006 model this is the hard drive for you. my boot time is now under 30 seconds

Pros: - Hybrid does seem to speed up
- No special software to install to use solid state memory
- Decent capacity for a laptop

Cons: - Expecting SSD speeds then get an SSD

Other Thoughts: Hybrid drive seems a little gimmicky, but does seem to have faster boot times, and faster loading of things like browsers that I use often. This drive has very similar speed and capacity to other non-hybrid drives, but with a little faster boot time. Is the hybrid setup a little gimmicky; sure, but it does have a slight advantage in boot times from what I can see (after a few boot cycles) and it costs the same as a non-hybrid so why not?

Pros: quiet, fast, big

Cons: died

Other Thoughts: I've owned this drive for a year and a half and it just went bad. I would have liked a bit of a longer lifetime, but we'll see if I can get it warrantied.

Pros: Great Hard drive. Purchased as an upgrade to a 2008 apple macbook. Update worked like a charm. Ample room!

Cons: None

Pros: I've installed this drive on two laptops with no trouble with them to date.

Cons: Is not an SSD drive.

Other Thoughts: Nice upgrade if you need the space.

Pros: Nice to have 250 extra GB in 7200 RPM drive

Cons: Noisy

Other Thoughts: I bought this drive to replace the Seagate Momentus 500 GB 7200 RPM drive because I thought the extra 250 GB would come in handy and was well worth the < $100 price.

Install into my Macbook Pro 13 was relatively easy and the clone went off without a hitch.

The drive is significantly noisier than the 500 GB drive. If it weren't for that, I'd give it five eggs.