Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

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01-06-2005, 09:23 PM
Formula1

Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

http://money.cnn.com/2005/01/05/tech...ex.htm?cnn=yes

Wow , i can't image having a 1TB HDD (500GB x 2) , that would be really awesome :D . Hoepfully i'll have money one day to buy this ;)
01-06-2005, 11:10 PM
freak

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Aren't the high capacity HD's by Hitachi known to die after a short period off time? like there 400gb ones
01-06-2005, 11:14 PM
tesco

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

i thought there were already 500gb drives. :huh:
01-06-2005, 11:16 PM
Samurai

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Quote:

Originally Posted by rossco_2004

i thought there were already 500gb drives. :huh:

there are. lacie brought one out nearly a year ago.
01-06-2005, 11:19 PM
cpt_azad

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

either way, 1TB would be pretty sweet. no wait wait.....10 TB :shifty:
01-06-2005, 11:20 PM
Samurai

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

there's already 1tb hdd.

http://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007
01-06-2005, 11:43 PM
tesco

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samurai

there's already 1tb hdd.

http://www.lacie.com/products/family.htm?id=10007

That doesn't count because it's more than one hard drive in that enclosure (i beleive). :P
01-07-2005, 04:03 AM
Shiranai_Baka

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

well, you would lose some gigs after getting it setup =\
01-07-2005, 04:09 AM
Virtualbody1234

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Future DVDs could hold 1TB of data:

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5645.cfm
01-07-2005, 04:40 AM
cpt_azad

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

so what's gonna replace the dvd? those blu-ray discs i keep hearing about?
01-07-2005, 06:34 AM
Monkeee

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Quote:

Originally Posted by Virtualbody1234

Future DVDs could hold 1TB of data:

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5645.cfm

my gawd... i could like run my computer off that 1TB disk... even though it would be ridiciously slow, 1 TB!!!
01-07-2005, 01:40 PM
clocker

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Oh boy.

I could store every episode of Lassie and Leave It to Beaver on my HDD and never have to bother with those pesky backup DVDs.

Oh joy.
01-07-2005, 02:49 PM
SaYiaN

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

i could help save the earth w/ these instead of using countless cd-r's!
01-07-2005, 04:38 PM
Smith

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Alrite i dont see the use of having 500GB or 1TB..

Hell i only have a 80 gig and its only half full
01-08-2005, 01:52 AM
Storm

Re: Hitachi to unveil 500-gig hard drive

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCanuk

Alrite i dont see the use of having 500GB or 1TB..

Hell i only have a 80 gig and its only half full

well thats why Bram Cohen invented bit torrent: to fill up our hard drives faster than we can buy new ones.........

i have my comp for about 7 months now, when i buildt it i put a 200 GB disk in, later on i added another.......

now theyre getting pretty full AGAIN........ ima have to get externals soon :(

EDIT: those 1 TB disks will be hard to burn yourself, since the groves in the pits will require a much more precise laser.........