Are All External Hard Drives Created Equal?
I have two WD external hard drives...dinosaur's by today's standards...they're large...like a big book...I notice that many of the newer ones are not much larger than a pack of cigarettes and run stri...
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It makes sense that drives will keep getting smaller. The first disk drive, the IBM RAMAC 350 used 24" platters. In the 70's disk drives had 14" disks, next generation had 10" disks. When PC hard drives first started shipping they used 5.25" platters which eventually gave way to 3.5".
If, and when, ssd's or some other technology prove to be more cost effective and reliable the industry will gravitate in that direction.
If, and when, ssd's or some other technology prove to be more cost effective and reliable the industry will gravitate in that direction.
