AND it's bigger than the standard size!

Go hitatchi!

Nice to see a high capacity 2.5 inch drive. But are they 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm? What are the rated access times and transfer rates?

as engadget reported, this doesnt actually fit in the standard 2.5" spec, its a bit bigger due to and extra platter http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/03/hitachis-5k500-e5k500-hit-the-mythical-500gb-mark-for-laptops/

...the last time I could buy a 12.5mm drive it was an IBM 32Gb probably 7 years ago for a Dell Inspiron 7000. Everybody these days has standardised on 9.5mm so this isn't going to retrofit in many machines. I'll wait for Western Digital to do a 2 platter one.

my guess 4500RPM

Why not just call it a 500 gig drive? You guys [also] trying to appear to be more than you really are?