July 10th, 2000

[10:00 AM] Got Storage? Ramp Up PowerBook Storage To 30GB by Staff Trans Intl. has announced the availability of two new high capacity 2.5 inch 30 GB and 20 GB IBM Travelstar hard disk drives. They are for expanding internal storage of Apple PowerBooks G3's and iBooks. According to Trans Intl: With the availability of these new drives Apple Powerbook G3 internal storage capacity can now be expanded up to 30 Gb and ibooks internal storage up to 20 Gb, earlier these models was restricted up to 18 Gb and 12 Gb of storage space only. These new drives has the industry's highest shock rating of 800 G/1 ms, as well as the fast Ultra-DMA interface transfer rate of 66 MB/sec. The high speeds and capacities of IBM Travelstar drives help provide higher quality digital audio and video, superior digital content creation capabilities, and significantly faster processing for data-intensive multimedia and Internet applications. 20 GB and 30 GB drives are respectively available for US$359 and US$499. More information can be found at Trans Intl's web site. Trans Intl.