Hitachi Travelstar 4K80 Hard Drives
The Hitachi Travelstar 4K80 series is a 9.5mm high, 4200RPM, 2.5-inch mobile hard disk drive ideal for today's business needs. The Travelstar 4K80 brings a new generation of 4200 RPM mobile solutions to the long legacy of the Travelstar family of hard disk drives. This next generation of mobile hard disk drives provides a design which combines years of research and development with award winning technology including, Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) heads, Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) motor technology, Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML) digital channel, head load/unload technology, and an ATA/100 interface. With this design, the Travelstar 4K80 provides the storage capacity, performance, power management, quality and quiet acoustics required by demanding computing application requirements. Designed to meet the demanding needs of today's data intensive requirements, the Travelstar 4K80 leverages proven technologies such as True Track Servo, which eases system integration, enhances hard disk drive reliability, and adds robustness against vibration and disk shift, and S.M.A.R.T. (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting) technology which is designed to enable a hard drive to predict impending catastrophic failure. As a result of the award winning combination of technology designed into the Hitachi Travelstar 4K80 series of hard disk drives, they are suitable for demanding, high capacity internet, digital audio and video editing, video streaming, and real time multimedia applications - whether users are in the office or on the road.
Hitachi Quality and Service
Hitachi Travelstar mobile hard disk drives are designed to the highest quality standards and contain field-proven components. Hitachi provides worldwide technical support and integration services to enable global customers to bring their products to market quickly.
  Highlights
- High reliability mobile drive using perpendicular Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) recording heads
- 60GB / platter, with capacities up to 180G.
- Smooth Stream Technology
- Enhanced Adaptive Battery Life Extender (ABLE)
- Improved power utilization
- Outstanding performance
  Applications
- Notebook PCs
- External Storage
- Gaming Console
- Portable Video Recorders