U našem testu smo potvrdili Hitachijevu tvrdnju da Travelstar 7K100 na prijenosnike donosi performanse slične onima od stolnih diskova. Premda su njegove performanse i dalje niže od performansi skupljih stolnih diskova kao što je Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 koju smo mi rabili u testu, bez sumnje je osjetno brži od velike većine diskova koji se isporučuju s prijenosnicima. Kako na ugodnost rada na prijenosniku brzina diska utječe doista mnogo, kupovina diska kao što je Travelstar 7K100 je smislen potez ako mnogo radite na vašem prijenosniku. Jedini problem u cijeloj priči je cijena Hitachijevog diska. Za 1400 kn koliko je potrebno izdvojiti za ovaj disk, moguće je kupiti stolni disk s kapacitetom od 400GB, kao što je npr. Barracuda koju smo rabili u testu. Alternativa je kupovina manjeg diska iz iste serije koji nudi sličnu brzinu, ali manje mjesta za pohranu podataka. Ako su vam pak bitni i brzina i kapacitet, visoki izdatak za high-end disk za prijenosnik su neizbježni.

Conclusion in english

In our testing we have confirmed Hitachi’s statement that Travelstar 7K100 brings performance similar to desktop HDDs to mobile computing. Altough Travelstar 7K100 100GB SATA has lower performance than high-end desktop disks like Seagate Barrauda 7200.9 400GB which we used as a reference, it is much faster than majority of the disks which are preinstalled in notebooks. As speed of the disk subsystem has really big impact on responsiveness and performance of mobile computer, upgrading from standard preinstalled HDD to Travelstar 7K100 is a very good move if you spend lots of your time working on notebook. Only problem in the whole story is price of this little disk. For 1400 kn, which is retail price of Travelstar 7K100 100GB SATA, you can buy high-end desktop HDD with 400GB capacity, for example Barracuda 7200.9 400GB which we used as refence in our test. Luckily, there is an alternative. If you don’t mind smaller capacity, smaller models from 7K100 family will give you similar performance at a lower price. On the other hand, if you need both capacity and speed, high price for a 2.5" disk is unavoidable.