Seagate, one of the leading manufacturers of computer storage products, has announced that Acer, top provider of notebook computers, is now offering new portable systems equipped with its own 500GB 2.5-inch Momentus 5400.6 hard drives.

The 500GB 2.5-inch HDDs were introduced back in July, along with the industry's first 1.5 TB desktop hard drive. Part of the company's lineup of Momentus HDDs, the 500GB model can deliver the perfect combination of capacity, speed and durability to meet the requirements of today's notebook users. Featured in Acer's Aspire and TravelMate PCs, the recently launched HDDs boast an areal density of 394GB per square inch, with a data transfer rate of 87 MB/s, the fastest available for a 5400RPM notebook drive.

“Acer mobile PC customers want notebooks that deliver state-of-the-art capabilities to meet their needs for capacity, performance and durability,” said Campbell Kan, vice president of the Mobile Computing Business Unit at Acer. “Seagate's new 500GB Momentus hard drive enables Acer to deliver the richest multimedia experience and on-the-go robustness available for notebook computers.” 

Some of the features of these drives include a SATA interface, G-Force protection, free-fall sensor and Seagate's SoftSonic fluid-dynamic bearing motors, all of which have been designed to improve the reliability and performance of the HDDs. With a cache of 8MB, the drives are offered in capacities of 500GB, 320GB, 250GB, 160GB and 120GB.

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