gizmodo.com— "Toshiba announced it will ship a 100GB 1.8-inch hard disk next month, the largest yet of this size. The little drive spins at 4200rpm and happens to be exactly the right size to fit into an Apple iPod."
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I'm sure eventually these will be in iPods... not right away, but I would guess over the next few years...I would imagine your can put it in your iPod yourself :)
People burying Universal should consider the addition of Time Machine to Leopard (It's a backup system which requires a 2nd disk to work). Apple knows that many professionals use their notebook as a desktop, especially the 17" MacBook Pros! Don't write off the idea of a 2nd smaller, or 2 small disks in an Apple notebook. At least consider the idea, it's not far-fetched. Only having a backup while you're connected to an external disk is just too fragile of a backup solution for people with important, but mobile, data. Plus dual-disk notebooks are cool (and useful) in high-end notebooks these days.[Also consider the rumoured 12" MBP, that could use a small disk as well and Apple already buys these from Toshiba for iPods.]
How about another _Flash Based_ iPod? It could be called the "iPod Video Slim 'n Sturdy"Think about it... the portable hard drives wouldn't fare too well on the ISS or on our Moon Base. Flash would though.
"the Zune is .8 oz "heavier" than the ipod. .8 oz? Come on now is that the best you can come up with?"We were talking about storage capacity. Everyone in here was like, "ooh, maybe the 80GB iPod will get upgraded to a 100GB iPod now!" and I thought it was funny that the Zune, in spite of being larger and heavier, is still only available up to 30GB. Since no one was challenging my statement that the Zune only is available with a 30GB hard drive, I figured that people didn't believe that the Zune was larger and heavier, so I clarified that statement and cited my sources.Nice straw man argument though. ;)
If i'm not mistaken, the iPods nowadays are not hard drives, and instead they use flash memory. It'd be pretty stupid to go back to hard drives, even if it was for just 20gb more of memory
The 100GB is already a modification option offered by ipodmods.com. It's performance is still on par with the past hard drives while being able to hold 25000 songs or 125 hours of video (based on apple's rating standards). I think its a great idea that's going to put users ahead of the inevitable 6th Generation, 100GB iPod.
spinningoboDec 6, 2006
"aculey", i "thank" you might want to stop commenting on digg "tell" your spelling ability improves.kthxbai
Closed AccountDec 6, 2006
I'm sure eventually these will be in iPods... not right away, but I would guess over the next few years...I would imagine your can put it in your iPod yourself :)
nofxjunkeeDec 6, 2006
People burying Universal should consider the addition of Time Machine to Leopard (It's a backup system which requires a 2nd disk to work). Apple knows that many professionals use their notebook as a desktop, especially the 17" MacBook Pros! Don't write off the idea of a 2nd smaller, or 2 small disks in an Apple notebook. At least consider the idea, it's not far-fetched. Only having a backup while you're connected to an external disk is just too fragile of a backup solution for people with important, but mobile, data. Plus dual-disk notebooks are cool (and useful) in high-end notebooks these days.[Also consider the rumoured 12" MBP, that could use a small disk as well and Apple already buys these from Toshiba for iPods.]
jimxugleDec 6, 2006
How about another _Flash Based_ iPod? It could be called the "iPod Video Slim 'n Sturdy"Think about it... the portable hard drives wouldn't fare too well on the ISS or on our Moon Base. Flash would though.
bb004275Dec 6, 2006
20 GB has very good for listen.
adsensefreakDec 6, 2006
Bravo Apple !!! Steve Job known well what we need. Thank you.
rtiniDec 6, 2006
"the Zune is .8 oz "heavier" than the ipod. .8 oz? Come on now is that the best you can come up with?"We were talking about storage capacity. Everyone in here was like, "ooh, maybe the 80GB iPod will get upgraded to a 100GB iPod now!" and I thought it was funny that the Zune, in spite of being larger and heavier, is still only available up to 30GB. Since no one was challenging my statement that the Zune only is available with a 30GB hard drive, I figured that people didn't believe that the Zune was larger and heavier, so I clarified that statement and cited my sources.Nice straw man argument though. ;)
tranderaDec 7, 2006
If i'm not mistaken, the iPods nowadays are not hard drives, and instead they use flash memory. It'd be pretty stupid to go back to hard drives, even if it was for just 20gb more of memory
psxerDec 10, 2006
Shuffle and Nano use flash, but the regular iPod still uses a 1.8" hard drive (single platter for 30GB model and double platter for 80GB).
mikeyipodApr 18, 2007
The 100GB is already a modification option offered by ipodmods.com. It's performance is still on par with the past hard drives while being able to hold 25000 songs or 125 hours of video (based on apple's rating standards). I think its a great idea that's going to put users ahead of the inevitable 6th Generation, 100GB iPod.