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Mini-iPod Mystery Drive Unveiled?

Posted by timothy on from the melts-in-your-mouth dept.

squiggleslash writes "One of the aspects of the '2G mini-iPod' rumour that's so far made it unlikely is the lack of a tiny, cheap, 2G, drive. Well, today Cornice has announced a 2G hard drive (PDF, 100k) that fits the bill. It's available for about $70 in lots of 100,000. The Mac Rumour sites are going faily nuts over this for obvious reasons. The reason the drive is so cheap is that it contains virtually no driver electronics, there's not even a memory buffer - this is the equivalent of a 1980's RLL or MFM drive. At $70 it seems unlikely that the mini-iPod, assuming it's announced tomorrow, will be under $100, but on the other hand the original iPod sold for the same price as the harddrive inside it. Here's hoping..."

14 of 434 comments (clear)

  1. i like sladhsot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    furst post, i eat wurst

  2. What the heck are "faily nuts"? n/t by Dlugar · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I don't even want to speculate.

    Dlugar

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    1. Re:What the heck are "faily nuts"? n/t by telstar · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      "What the heck are "faily nuts"? n/t"
      • What you don't realize is that the Slashdot editors have a little "first TO post" battle going on among them. 10 Points if you're the first to post a story. 20 if you're the first to repost the story. Leads to all sorts of typos.


    2. Re:What the heck are "faily nuts"? n/t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Apparently they belong in the "melts-in-your-mouth" dept.

      Mmmmmmm, gay penises. Thank you, Apple!

  3. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    haha.

  4. How is that off topic? by strider69666 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How the heck is it off topic to post a question about a hard drive that is PART OF THE MAIN POST? C'mon, that's a load of carp.

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  5. hi, my name is timmy.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and I m fucking dork.

  6. Re:$70 for a 2 gig drive! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please stop commenting on the topic of this Slashdot story. This apparently makes your posts "Offtopic".

    Uuuh, yeah, I wonder about what you're wondering about as well. Now watch the moron moderators mark this "Informative".

  7. Re:dont need driver electronics by PepsiProgrammer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dont you love it when the first or second comment in a story gets moderated as redundant?

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  8. Re:dont need driver electronics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Redundant != Repetitive The post is superfluous; it doesn't add anything to the discussion, it basically restates the obvious and what the article said.

    redundant
    adj.
    1. Exceeding what is necessary or natural; superfluous.
    2. Needlessly wordy or repetitive in expression: a student paper filled with redundant phrases.
    3. Of or relating to linguistic redundancy.
    4. Chiefly British. Dismissed or laid off from work, as for being no longer needed.
    5. Electronics. Of or involving redundancy in electronic equipment.
    6. Of or involving redundancy in the transmission of messages.

  9. Too bad you'll have to replace it every 18 months by cjmnews · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least according to the Neistat Brothers 18 months is the approximate lifespan of the unreplaceable battery. The only option is to buy a new one or spend nearly double to have them refurbish it.

    This does not seem reasonable to me.

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  10. Al Qaeda to nuke NYC on February 2nd. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So says this site.

    http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=757

  11. Re:Flash Memory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shit man, now that is something to be proud of. How in the hell have you managed to achieve that remarkable level of co-ordination? I personnally drop mine on a regular basis. In fact I actually dropped it out of sheer astonishment when I read your post.

  12. Re:Dear Apple, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Am I the only one that thinks the gay=apple gags have just run out of steam? They're based on year 2000 mindshare when Apple really WAS gay. Apple's shit is killer - expensive, but killer. G5's are smokin. I think these Mac=gay trolls are dying.