New Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB Drive

[alphakry]

So I came across a new revision of my favorite 250GB hard drive and I was wondering what people thought about this.

It's the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Hard Drive, running firmware 3.ADA



http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/01_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/01.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/02_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/02.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/03_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/03.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/04_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/04.jpg)


As compared to it's predecessor, it's thinner and lighter! I'm not sure what could of changed in design to allow this difference in size. Is it less platters?
http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/05_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/05.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/06_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/06.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/07_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/07.jpg)


http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/08_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/08.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/09_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/09.jpg) http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/10_t.jpg (http://www.dellefemine.com/images/temp/new250/10.jpg)



I run about 15 of the older ones in my file server so I'd be interested to hear that the newer, thinner drives are a better choice - as it would obviously free up some weight from an already very heavy box! And leave a bit more room between drives for cooling!

[setscrew]

I believe that with increased platter density, the new drive you obtained only has one disc.