Compare Sony SMO F551 (SMO-F551/SD) Internal Magneto-Optical Disk Drive to IBM SuperDisk LS-120 (20L1922) Internal LS-120 (SuperDisk) Drive

Being the leader in 5.25-inch MO technology for years, Sony presents the MO drive with high performance and reliability more than ever. 5.2 GBytes disk capacity and 5 MBytes/s transfer rate are the key words of this MO drive, SMO-F551. The SMO-F551 features a high-performance RISC CPU and 4 MBytes of cache memory, which are enhanced with Sony's proprietary "S-Cache" data algorithm. Higher capacity and faster transfer rate strike the needs of data backup, archival and storage. ??5.2 GBytes capacity has been achieved with leading edge technologies such as narrower track pitch and increased linear recording density which result from Mark Edge recording, PRML technology and 685nm lasers. MO systems are the perfect solution for professionals in fields such as DTP, medical Industry, AV editing, and telecommunications. Sony MO drives offer an MTBF of 300, 000 POH, and the disks offer 50 years of archival life with 10 million record/playback cycles. Less

The ThinkPad SuperDisk (LS-120) UltraSlimBay Drive lets you save valuable hard disk drive space. This option increases the storage capacity up to 120 MB on a single, 3.5-inch diskette, providing 83 times more storage than a traditional diskette. You can use the LS-120 diskette drive to transfer large data files, store information from the Internet, and backup HDDs. This storage option can accommodate graphics, photos, sound, and video on a single diskette without compression. In addition to saving disk space, this option delivers up to five times the performance of the 1.44 MB diskette drive. The ThinkPad SuperDisk (LS-120) UltraSlimBay Drive is read-write backwards-compatible with 1.44 MB and 720 KB DOS-formatted diskettes and can also be used to boot to a standard floppy disk. Less