[Web4lib] USB Hard Drives - second try

[Thomas Bennett]

Actually my LaCie "mobile drive" is an 80GB drive about the size of a 
PalmPilot and will fit in a shirt pocket.  There are more out there and 
probably with much more capacity.


New drives from Seagate, "The launch follows Seagate's $1.9 billion 
acquisition of Maxtor.":

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5834979.html?tag=nl

"The MK4007GAL 1.8-inch drive packs 40GB on a single platter, which is the 
most for a 1.8-inch diameter hard drive platter to date. The platters can 
hold 206 megabits per square millimeter. The drive can be found in Toshiba's 
Gigabeat F41 music player. Toshiba also makes drives for Apple Computer's 
iPods. 
 Two configurations of the drive exist: a 40GB with one platter and a 
two-platter 80GB drive. Next year, the Japanese giant will insert 
perpendicular drives into its mini 0.85-inch diameter drives."



Thomas

On Wednesday 07 June 2006 13:05, Drew, Bill wrote:
> Just think of it as a USB drive too big to fit in your pocket.  It is
> just a different technology from the flash drives.  There should be no
> reason to treat it differently.  My new USB flash drive has 2 Gigabytes
> of storage, much more than most older external hard drives.
>
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> > [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Connie Hudson
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:46 PM
> > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > Subject: [Web4lib] USB Hard Drives - second try
> >
> > This is my second attempt to send this message. If the other
> > one shows up, please accept my apology.
> >
> > I just had a situation I'd have not considered before.
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