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Microdrive Technology Rebounds Thanks to iPod Mini

Posted by timothy on from the 4-gigs-for-cheap dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A few years ago Richard Menta over at MP3 Newswire did a lengthy review on the IBM Microdrive and declared it would significantly alter the MP3 portable market if IBM did one thing - drop the price. That never happened and it prompted Menta last year to declare the iPod's more cost effective Toshiba drive made it moot and he put the Microdrive on his 2002 MP3 loser list. Since then the drive technology was acquired by Hitachi who convinced to Apple to use it for the iPod Mini. The Mini's recent success prompted Menta to revisit his previous write-off. Interesting view of the up and down travils of any technology and how each change can have dramatic effect on its success and failure."

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  1. First post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm back! Now with Gentoo!
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  2. Nuh uh! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nawp....sorry man beatcha to it :-P

  3. Travils? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What the fuck are travils?

  4. You forgot a few by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    iPod Mini died for our sins

    iPod Mini turns water into wine.

    iPod Mini is not just a Jobs, it's an adventure.

    iPod Mini is a part of the new world order, but not the bad, black helicopter kind of new world order.

    iPod Mini pulled Billy out of a well!

    What's that, iPod Mini? Trouble ahead? Thanks for rescuing us iPod Mini!

  5. Slashdot is OBSESSED with iPod by Alt_Cognito · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It has overtaken Linux as the number one topic. Give it a rest.

    I beg of you.

  6. well, yeah... by ShadowRage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So did I after pumping napalm in the tunnels in my back yard.... killing all life in my yard, but alas! the gopher came back!

    dammit!

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