Re: Flash based IDE drives...

["Chris Edwards" chris2edwards]

On Wed, 25 Jul 2007, Eric Benjamin wrote:

| The question is one of whether the shock limits of
| conventional hard drives are reached in actual use. 
| Based on my experiences designing products of similar
| size, I certainly think that the shock limit of the
| Seagate drive, for example, would be exceeded if it
| were dropped while operating.

Yep - there must be a reason why my macbook (and I imagine other laptops?) 
now incorporate some sort of accelerometer designed to detect the unit 
being dropped, and attempt to park the HD before impact...