If you own a desktop computer you have the ability to purchase a 3TB 3.5" SATA hard drive, which is amazing when you think about it. This is a massive amount of storage and has opened new doors for what you can store at home on your PC or in a home NAS server. It feels like just yesterday that 1TB desktop drives were all the rage, but those drives are now considered 'small' to many consumers for a desktop PC! What is considered 'small' now to desktop users sounds massive to notebook users as most would kill for that much storage space! Now that notebook sales have passed up desktop sales, more and more people only have a laptop now and they need storage space!  Notebook hard drives have always been slightly behind desktop drives and that makes sense as they need to be smaller, lighter, able to handle drops and use less power due to power constraints. The design work that goes into a notebook hard drive has always been impressive, but we were a bit shocked when we heard that Western Digital was releasing a 1TB 2.5" notebook drive that uses the standard 9.5mm height. Storage capacity continues to increase at a rapid pace! You can never have enough storage and if your notebook is the only PC that you use, you more than likely know that storage space is a precious commodity. Most pre-configured mainstream notebooks that are available at brick and mortar stores come with 320GB to 640GB hard drives. That may sound like a bunch of space when you are standing in the store, but after you put all your programs, games and digital media on the drive it usually doesn't leave you with much space for future growth. If you have reached or are nearing full capacity on your storage drive then you might want to consider upgrading to a larger drive and if you want the most space possible a 1TB 2.5" notebook hard drive is your best, and well only, choice available.