“The M9T combines the highest areal density shipping in a single storage device with an innovative design that fits into mainstream notebook applications. While other 2TB [sic] are solutions on the market are 15 mm thick, the vast majority of mobile devices are designed to use a 9.5 mm drive; with the M9T, those devices can now have 2TB of storage, enabling a richer computing experience”

Great news for those using 2.5″ hard drives, I was worried that after the Thai flooding and rise of flash that the hard drive market had peaked. With a 5400 RPM speed and high density platters, the Samsung Spinpoint M9T does not consume any more power than a standard laptop drive does (on paper). Hopefully this will be available soon to OEMs and consumers in external drives, laptops, iMacs and more.