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1.8 Inch Removable Hard Drives Coming

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-what-I'm-talking-about dept.

bedessen writes "According to an article at PCWorld.com, a new type of removable storage known as iVDR will be demonstrated at January's Consumer Electronics Show. The iVDR standard (backed by a consortium consisting of a number of manufacturers) describes a lightweight, compact, removable hard disk drive compatible with a wide range of applications from AV to PC devices. The products on display will come in 2.5" and 1.8" form factors with parallel and serial ATA interfaces. Capacity will start at 80GB for around $170, but manufacturers hope to drop this to under $80 and well as double the capacity by next quarter." Here's hopin'

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  1. Re:Let me put one of these in my iPaq.... by Spudley · · Score: 2, Funny

    And in other news...

    Hewlett Packard have sued Saddam Hussein, claiming that the name of his country is an "obvious copy" of the name of their iPaq product...

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  2. Who measured this thing? by medscaper · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the Article : The 1.8-inch iVDR will be slightly thinner than a 2.5-inch iVDR disk, which measures 5.2 inches wide by 3 inches deep by a half inch high.

    So who measured this thing? Hilary Rosen?

    "Yes, well we saw that it had the capacity to appear to be a 2.5 inch disk if used at full capacity and fitted to your pc with a Sawzall and a ballpeen hammer."

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  3. The Curse of Moving Parts by handy_vandal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Moving parts: barbaric.

    What I really want is a RAM drive the size of a Monolith.

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  4. Future trouble? by paiute · · Score: 3, Funny

    Old school disaster: data lost due to power surge, cracker attack, backup tape erasure, or three-alarm fire

    New school disaster: data lost when tech sneezes, blowing rice-grain size multiterrabyte storage device into cracks between floor tiles

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  5. Re:Let me put one of these in my iPaq.... by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny
    Just imagine if HP makes a jacket that fits this into an Ipaq... ::wets pants in anticipation::

    I assume you need the jacket to cover the stains in your pants?