In a sign that solid state drives have become the go-to storage for higher-end laptops, Seagate has disclosed that it plans to end production of faster-spinning 7,200rpm notebook hard drives sometime later this year.
A marketing director for the drive manufacturer told X-bit Labs that the company will cease production of the drives “at the end of 2013.” Seagate will continue to produce 5,400rpm drives, which are used in most mainstream laptops.
With the prices of SSD drives I don’t see myself purchasing a conventional hard drive for a laptop anyway.