Comments for Happy Hard Drive News at http://www.ecogeek.org , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.ecogeek.org Thu, 23 May 2013 22:20:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3779 [url=http://www.wdc.com/en/company/greenpower.asp]Western Digital's GreenPower HDD[/url] - Luke Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:59:05 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3777 It seems Western Digital followed suit. Their 1TB drive runs 13.5 watts while their new GreenPower drives cuts that number by more than 5 watts. - Luke Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:44:20 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3772 Once flash drive technology improves tradition hard drives will be obsolete both in speed and energy consumption. - Rob Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:28:20 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3729 For 750 gigabytes, $350 is fairly reasonable for an external harddrive. Obviously, this would be for a fairly specialized application, but for $400 laptop, you should probably expect about 40 gigabytes. Perfectly fine for most applications...but woefully inadequate for others. The 80 gig ecodrive is about $100 bucks. - Hank Sun, 22 Jul 2007 05:45:23 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3723 You can buy a decent laptop at $400..Spending $350 for an HD sounds too much. Thanks for the info ... - Lee Wong Seoul Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:15:42 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3717 I thought I read on engadget or crunchgear that the power modes only work with windows (but I could be wrong) - Tobias Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:11:22 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3714 RoHS stands for Reduction of Hazardous Substances, not "elimination" so the above statement is probably not 100% accurate. It is certainly better than a non-RoHS drive however! - Matt Fischer Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:51:23 +0100 http://www.ecogeek.org/efficiency/817#comment-3713 Would this work well in conjunction with the green computer? (www.zonbu.com) perhaps the two companies should hook up! - Cyn - Cynthia Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:15:12 +0100