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100GB, 9.5mm thick HD from Toshiba

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the thats-a-whole-lotta-nekkid dept.

zmcnulty writes "Toshiba has announced their new hard drive today with a 100GB capacity. It's a 2.5 inch drive, is only 9.5mm tall, and supports ATA/100. The (Japanese) Impress Watch article I translated offers a couple more details, though not many. The OEM sample price is about $1,092 USD...but don't ask me what that means for consumers. The previous capacity title was held by IBM with their 80GB Travelstar."

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  1. Remember, Kids! by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's not the size or the thickness that counts--it's the speed with which you can spin it and still read what's on the surface.

    Wait...

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    1. Re:Remember, Kids! by MrRuslan · · Score: 3, Funny

      I heard IBM is going to Incorparate the VIAGRA technology into there travelstars to compete with Toshibas Drive Enchancment technology....

  2. You can tell a lot about a man... by de_boer_man · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...by the size of his hard drive.

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    1. Re:You can tell a lot about a man... by dildatron · · Score: 5, Funny

      how much porn he has

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  3. Bandwidth by LordHatrus · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe with these drives, we'll be able to increase the last 'bandwidth' pigeon test :)

  4. Too Costly by Jtoxification · · Score: 4, Funny

    The OEM sample price is about $1,092 USD...but don't ask me what that means for consumers... It means that five years from now, it'll cost $10.92 or less.

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  5. Re:FUCK! $1,092 USD by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    still looking for a wife...

    Too bad I divorced mine, you could have had her.

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  6. iPod killer... by michaelnz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll get these out of the way early: Why would I buy an iPod for $250 when for 800 dollars more I could get 25 times the capacity with this... Does it support .ogg?

  7. Interesting measurements, Cmdr by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny
    "It's a 2.5 inch drive, is only 9.5mm tall"

    I thought I was the only one who used English measurements for measurements longer than 1 inch, and Metric (millimeters, centimeters) for smaller than 1 inch of length. It sure does look odd in print: "The car wash? Oh. Go 2 km down the road. Turn right, and go 100 feet. You can't miss it!"

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    1. Re:Interesting measurements, Cmdr by Mateito · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's only because "7 1/2 inches" sounds a lot more impressive than "11.4 cm"

      Oh... wait.

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  8. Re:RPMs by Mateito · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yep.

    1800 RPM.

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  9. Finally! by c4Ff3In3+4ddiC+ · · Score: 2, Funny

    An upgrade for my iBook!

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  10. $100 / GB? by biz0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    Welcome to 1997 (I think?).

    (yes, I know it will be cheaper in the future with demand/etc...)

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  11. Re:What will this mean by biz0r · · Score: 2, Funny

    8 Ball says: 'Maybe'

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  12. Re:The next gen i-pod... by 4of12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mr Consumer, you are out of line!

    Don't you realize that you're not supposed to desire or legally need more than 1000 songs!

    ...the report states. "Hard drive players with such large capacity for content go above and beyond not only the music that most consumers want on their portable music player, but also beyond the digital music that they own."

    I'm sure you'll come around real soon and agree with us on this. Our good friends at RIAA heartily endorse this point of view for Responsible Hardware Manufacturers United Against Piracy, Pedophaelia and Terrorism. You're not a pedophile, are you?

    Besides, why do you think popular radio stations play from a repertoire not to exceed 1000 songs? Like, duh!

    Sincerely,
    The Man

    P.S. Don't be thinking about becoming too attached to non-DRM formats and interfaces like USB 2.0, Ethernet, neither. It upsets us.

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  13. Re:20% lower power consumption's nice too! by Gossy · · Score: 2, Funny
    Is it necessarily the DVD drive sucking the power though?

    Surely CPU usage goes up somewhat to decode & handle the video, which (I would have thought) would be the more significant drain.

    I woulda thought it was the screen, personally.

    I woulda thought it was the screen, personally.

    Oh, no it won't be that. I turn that off to save power.