The MHW2040AC is a new 2.5-inch hard drive developed by Fujitsu Limited whose primary purpose in withstanding harsh environments and extreme temperatures. The number of possible uses for this new type of hard drive are numerous.

Beginning from the automotive industry where it may one day be the storage facility for your music and videos as you drive by Santa Monica Boulevard, to notebooks, where an inuit (eskimo) can download movies from the Internet and chat with his buddies from the neighboring igloos. Or it can be used for GPS devices in order for camels to find their way through the desert.

This new model has some tricks up its sleeve, being able to operate at temperatures ranging from -30°C (-22°F) to 85°C (185°F) while withstanding operational shocks of up to 300G. It competes with Seagate's new Momentus 7200.2 line of products on the shock resistance, which is slated to have free-fall protection, sending the hard drive into a non-operating mode when sustaining a powerful shock.

Also, Seagate's Momentus drives are touted by the manufacturer to resist at a 900Gs shock while in non-operating mode, but Fujitsu says their hard drive will support a 300G shock while still operational, now that's something. New noise level for this hard drive is of about 15 decibels, or as they've mentioned, 1.5 bels.

Keeping the power consumption just as low as the noise level, the drive is consuming 1.8W in read/write mode. Not to forget to be environment-friendly, Fujistu's hard drive is in compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. So try to help the environment yourself, you can save a tree by recycling paper.