Sevral sites tested Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive

judging by an early review posted by sevral sites, the new drives are worth every penny and cent, except for euro cents, which are now almost worthless thanks to Greece's recently ousted government. The reviewer praised the Momentus XT in every conceivable way. They are faster than HDDs, cheaper than SSDs and in RAID 0 they can catch up with SSD drives as well. Basically, they combine the best of both worlds.


It appears that the drives are very intelligent when it comes to managing the ultra fast 4GB SLC chips, as they quickly pick up user habits and speed up the most frequently used applications. Boot times are also greatly improved and the reviewer claims the SLC shaved some 13 seconds from the usual startup time of the test rig.

This about sums it up: "The Seagate Momentus XT has been dubbed around the net as a SSD killer. Would I call it that? No, but what I would call it an HDD killer."source