View this article at: http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/03/04/samsung.25.inch.500gb.hdd/ Tuesday, Mar 04, 2008 4:30pm Samsung ships 2.5-inch 500G... South Korea's Samsung has announced the release of a new hard drive, what it is calling the world's first 2.5-inch hard drive to reach a 500GB capacity. Although it fits into the standard 0.37-inch vertical space reserved for notebook disks, it nevertheless uses three stacked 167GB platters, spinning at 5,400rpm. An 8MB buffer is present, and it interfaces with systems using a 3Gbps SATA connection. Pricing is $299.