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Momentus XT 750 GB Review: A Second-Gen Hybrid Hard Drive

February 9, 2012

Momentus XT 750 GB Review: A Second-Gen Hybrid Hard DriveWhen a little bit of flash memory is good, more must be better, right? Seagate’s second-generation Momentus XT hybrid hard drive is out to compete with SSDs, even as it delivers capacities typical of laptop-oriented 2.5″ mobile disks.











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