After 4TB hard drive released couple of weeks ago, Western Digital unveil another major milestone in personal storage device with the introduction of their  first 1TB 2.5 inch hard drive. The new WD Scorpio® Blue™ SATA 2.5-inch hard drive which is also available in 750 GB capacity , is perfect match for mobile devices such as notebook and external hard disk that require massive room to store the valuable data.

Designed for portability and mobility in mind, low power consumption is among the huge advantage of the new DW Scorpio Blue. It also operate in quite and cool condition, but do not underestimate it’s performance. It can achieve a 3 gigabits per second (Gb/s) transfer rate, enough to transfer the huge data is short period of time.

Other advanced features packed into this hard drive to ensure the safety of your data all the time.

WD Scorpio Blue Features

• WhisperDrive™ – WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive technology combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to produce one of the quietest 2.5-inch drives available.
• ShockGuard™ – Leading-edge ShockGuard technology combines firmware and hardware advancements to meet the highest combined shock tolerance specifications required for mobile and notebook applications.
• 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 shock tolerance.

Both hard drives are now available in Malaysia market with the price for the WD Scorpio Blue 1 TB drive is RM 899.00 and for the 750 GB version is RM 689.00. More info on WD pages.