September 7th, 2005
Hitachi Unveils Complete DIY Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for Laptops
By Steve Johnson
Contributing Editor RealTechNews
Continuing on their commitment to the hard drive, Hitachi announced their new Notebook PC Upgrade Kit, a complete upgrade solution that consumers can install themselves. It includes an internal hard drive for upgrade and tools to create an external storage device using the existing hard drive.
The Hitachi Travelstar 2.5-inch Hard Drive Upgrade Kit will be available later this month at major retail stores nationwide.
The upgrade kit consists of a 5400 RPM 40, 60, 80 or 100 GB capacity hard drive, complete installation instructions, Apricorn EZ Gig II™ Hard Drive Cloning and Upgrade software, a high-speed USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure, a one-meter USB cable and auxiliary power cables.
Hitachi’s Notebook PC Upgrade Kit comes on the heels of the company’s desire to corner the market for consumer data storage, believing that laptop users want a way to easily boost the performance of their machines. Alice adds: If you want a laugh, check out our piece on Hitachi’s new slogan and hip-hop themed promo: “Hard Drives Are the New Bling.” Source: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Bill says:
“World’s First” ?????
Apricorn (and others probably)have been around for years. Just do a search on Google groups and you can easily find posts referencing their stuff from 1998.
Stuff like this makes me question the reliability of this site. What made you think this was first?
September 7th, 2005 at 4:27 am
David says:
Gotta go with Bill here. Apricorn, SimpleTech, CMS, just to name a few. And these have been around for a while. Apricorn has been around for over 5 years that I am aware of. And these are full kits (which include file transfer utilities) not just a hard disk drive in a bag.
September 7th, 2005 at 5:20 am
Steve says:
Read the press release linked as the source. Hitachi is claiming, “Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is first to offer a complete upgrade solution that consumers can install themselves.”
September 7th, 2005 at 8:43 am
Alice says:
I second Steve - the kit includes Apricorn software and it positioned for consumers as a DIY solution.
September 7th, 2005 at 10:37 am
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Hitachi Unveils Complete DIY Hard Drive Upgrade Kit for Laptops
By Steve Johnson, Contributing Editor RealTechNews Continuing on their commitment to the hard drive, Hitachi announced their new Notebook PC Upgrade Kit, a complete upgrade solution that consumers can install themselves. It includes an internal hard dr…
September 7th, 2005 at 10:45 am
Greg says:
Is there some deficiency in the Apricorn system for hard drive cloning and replacement? Or is this just the big guys trying to squeeze out the little guys?
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