Originally Posted By: mlord
The M500 series are among the highest power consuming drives -- their only bad point, really. Other modern drives (eg. Samsung) use less power.


Further to this, the recently available Crucial MX100 drives use a tiny fraction of the power of earlier models. Eg. the 500GB version (CAD$240) claims 0.1W idle, 0.15W active. That'll help reclaim battery life in many boxes.

Cheers