This 500GB, 2.5-inch hard disk drive (HDD) manufactured by Toshiba utilizes perpendicular magnetic recording technology and operates at a speed of 5400 RPM. Commonly found in laptops and mobile computing devices, the drive offers a balance of storage capacity and power efficiency.
Drives like this one played a significant role in making large data storage accessible in portable devices. The 2.5-inch form factor and relatively low power consumption made them well-suited for mobile applications, contributing to the increasing prevalence of laptops as primary computing devices. The offered capacity of 500GB provided ample space for users’ files and applications at the time of its introduction. The 5400 RPM speed offered a compromise between performance and power consumption.
