Re: World's smallest hard-disk drive

["oryoki2000" <>]

Bret wrote:
> Toshiba announces "plans for 2- and 4- Gbyte disk drives
> ...measuring just 0.85-inches across."

This is the drive Apple uses in its iPod Mini.  The drive is not yet 
available in a removeable package (such as Compactflash or PC Card) 
so it has to be permanently installed.

Toshiba's tech page indicates that the new drive can survive a shock 
of 1,000G while operating.  This is up from about 300G for the 1.8 
inch and 2.5 inch drives used in laptops and camera MicroDrives.  So 
maybe there will be a role for this drive in field recording.

It's really tiny! See a photo of the drive here: 
http://tinyurl.com/2zjho

--oryoki



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