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According to Western Digital, the Scorpio Black family of hard drives is designed for use in OEM notebook systems as well as by users who want to upgrade the speed and performance of their current notebook system. This hard drive combines 7200 RPM spin speed with a SATA 3 GB/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver maximum notebook performance.
WD's vice president and general manager of mobile storage, Jim Morris said, "In today's busy and on-the-go lifestyle, notebook systems play an increasingly pivotal role in the home office and are relied upon to efficiently run sophisticated applications. High performance, high-capacity hard drives are a key ingredient to notebooks as system manufacturers continue to add data-hungry features that allow users to fully benefit from the latest computing technologies."