Worlds Smallest Hard Drive

[maje87c]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/0...eut/index.html

Interesting

[doZer666]

thats awsome

[leprechaun_40]

Holy moly, that's smaller than the one I currently use in my digital cam, an IBM micro drive. Love to have that, I'd be able to put about 4000 pics at normal res 6mpixels on it, as is I currently get about 311 at this res. WOW! Now, what's it gonna cost?

[rraehal]

I want those for the fact that I can say I have one. Most likely expensive right now. I guess this means it will not be long before laptop and palm top computers get smaller to utilize this type of technology. It will be a while for laptops as they need beter storage capacity, but imagine the posabilities.

[bob05]

What are some advantages of small hard drives vs. solid state memory (i.e. flash disks)?

[Billforce]

Originally posted by bob05
What are some advantages of small hard drives vs. solid state memory (i.e. flash disks)?

Storage capacity, 4 GIG. The solid state as of yet hasn't made one that large. Once the solid states improve the storage capacity, the mini hard drives will be history. Too vulnerable to damage.

[bob05]

Originally posted by Billforce
Too vulnerable to damage.

That's exactly what I thought, too many things can go wrong with the motor, the heads, etc, that it may make solid state more reliable. Maybe with Microsoft using flash memory for XBOX we can see more development in solid state memory.

[CompGeek01]

The damage is a factor, but who knows the access time on these things? SSD can be tons faster than all current IDE drives.

[MadPistol]

WOAH! That thing is tiny!

[fleecaf]

Originally posted by Billforce
Too vulnerable to damage.

Mmmm...I'm not too sure...Try dropping an ant from a 3 storey building.....It's very hard to damage a microdrive due to their nature ie. micro

[bob05]

Originally posted by fleecaf
Mmmm...I'm not too sure...Try dropping an ant from a 3 storey building.....It's very hard to damage a microdrive due to their nature ie. micro

If damaging them isn't the problem, then I'm sure fixing them is hard. But durability is something that depends on the manufacturer, and nothing beats mother nature.