Seagate 750GB Momentus XT Serial 2.5 inch 7200 RPM 32MB 6GB/S SATA Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive

Title : Seagate 750GB Momentus XT Serial 2.5 inch 7200 RPM 32MB 6GB/S SATA Solid State Hybrid Hard Drive
ASIN : B0068QO82G
Description : Shock Tolerance:350 g @ 2ms (operating) / 1000 g @ 1ms (non-operating), Max Operating Temperature:60 °C, Min Operating Temperature:0 °C, Compatible Bays:1 x internal - 2.5" x 1/8H, Interfaces:1 x Serial ATA-600, Service & Support:3 years warranty, Service & Support Details:Limited warranty - 3 years, Compatible with Windows 7:"Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft's assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7., Spindle Speed:7200 rpm, Average Latency:4.2 ms, Drive Transfer Rate:600 MBps (external), Non-Recoverable Errors:1 per 10^14
Features :

• Height:9.5 mm
• Buffer Size:32 MB
• Depth:100 mm
• Interface:Serial ATA-600
• Device Type:Hybrid hard drive - internal

List Price : £145.00
Price : £76.45
Saved Price : £68.55

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brand: Seagate
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Rating : 4.7
Review : Seagate Momentus XT and 2010 15" Macbook Pro
Hello. I'm writing this review on the assumption that you have done some research on the Momentus XT drive and know a bit about how it works.

After upgrading my 2010 15" Macbook Pro to Lion I was experiencing long boot times (compared to Snow Leopard previously) and without the funds to purchase a new Macbook Pro any time soon I was looking for something to speed up the general performance of my machine to prolong its life. My wife had recently bought a Macbook Air which put my Core i5 Macbook Pro to shame mainly because of the flash drive compared to my stock Hitachi 320gb 5400rpm drive. My choices were a full blown SSD which brings with it limited capacity (I already had an external 1TB firewire 800 drive that I was off loading a lot of files to) at a high cost per GB or the Seagate Momentus XT. After reading issues with the 1st gen XT and Macs (although I believe this was fixed in later firmwares SD26+) I started looking at the second gen XT 750gb ST750LX003 which...