Toshiba Boosts Hard Drive Density By 50% 129
An anonymous reader writes "Toshiba has unveiled a ground-breaking technology that boosts recording density by 50% on an 80-GB, 1.8", single-platter drive. Using what it calls Discrete Track Recording technology, Toshiba was able to pack 120 GB storage on a single 1.8" platter. The new development will hugely benefit media player, UMPC, and ultra-portable laptop segments where 1.8" drives with maximum possible capacity are in great demand."
Damnit... (Score:5, Informative)
another infomercial (Score:4, Informative)
2. The Toshiba 120 Gb drive, according to PC Watch Impress (http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0906/tos
I'd guess the new iPod Classic uses the Toshiba drive, since it supposedly uses even less power compared to their previous 1.8" drives. But if this is the case, it means I can't just rip it out of the iPod to plug into my laptop, since the interface doesn't appear to be compatible with their previous 1.8" drives.
However, I still hope that at least one of these make it to the retail market. It would be nice to be able to double my current 80 Gb drive.
Better information on this (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Speed? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Damnit... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Damnit... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:another infomercial (Score:3, Informative)
Thanks, I'd be sure to pass that onto Toshiba (R200, R400), Sony (TZ series), HP (nc2400, nc2510) and Dell (D420/430) and tell them that they really should listen to some AC on Slashdot.
"some sort of crazy ultraportable"
and that also means they weight 2 lb instead of 5 lb. The last three of my laptops have all been ultraportables, and all together they still weight less than 15" notebooks out there.
Re:Damnit... (Score:2, Informative)