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4GB HD in Under an Inch

werwerf writes "In need of hard disk space but not much physical space? Toshiba is developing a sub inch HD capable of holding from 2 to 4Gb. Seems that future digicams won't need a compact flash anymore!" They expect to be in mass production by the fall. Also, News.com is reporting that Hitachi's 1-inch 4GB drive is in Apple's new iPod mini.

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  1. 4GB / inch? by ceswiedler · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's good...for me personally (about average), that works out to about 26GB.

  2. Don't forget by daeley · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not how big your hard drive is, it's how much RAM you have. ;)

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    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  3. Its not the size that matters. by Deleriux · · Score: 5, Funny

    Its what you do with it that counts.

    Mind you, I bet you wont be hearing "When im ready for porn, I unveil my 1 incher."

  4. Phew! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Toshiba is developing a sub inch HD capable of holding from 2 to 4Gb....Also, News.com is reporting that Hitachi's 1-inch 4GB drive is in Apple's new iPod mini.

    It's nice to see comments about iPods sneak into damned near every story on /., no matter how unrelated.

    "SCO may not have bought all the IP to Unix, and this has nothing to do with the OS used on the iPod."

    "Verisign Certificate Expiration Causes Multiple Problems, unrelated to the battery problems in iPod."

    "Linksys DVD player w/ WiFi and ethernet, an iPod for video."

    "Ask Slashdot: How Much Broadband Usage is Too Much? Sounds like a song I'd like to download to my iPod!!"

  5. Hey baby... by John+Seminal · · Score: 3, Funny

    While these swimming trunks might look very tight and small and unimpressive, I can gaurentee you there are 4 gigs hidden down there.

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    Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."

  6. What I want to know is. . . by UFNinja · · Score: 5, Funny

    How the hell am I supposed to plug an IDE cable into that thing?!

  7. Obligatory 'Stupid ol' Billy' twist by jbardell · · Score: 5, Funny

    ::looks down::

    ... Hey, 640k is more than I'll ever need, right?

    .. Right?

  8. Re:Reliability? by RajivSLK · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's a terribly stupid idea. It would never work. In fact all your ideas are stupid. Now go away.

    /me runs off to the patent office with my lawyer in tow.

    P.S. please post any other stupid ideas you may have.