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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! - the HD is 50 years old

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by drumfu, Sep 9, 2006.

  1. drumfu

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    Wow how things can change in a shot 50 years. Did you read that they just released a 320TB server drive!? I doubt its a single drive, but more of a setup, but still, thats huge. Great article.
     
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    maybe if we didn't have so much memory available today though manufacturers wouldn't install so much bloatware and operating systems would be less bloated? Just being the devil's advocate ;)
     
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    Probably the next 50 yrs, we have 500 TB HD for home use . :D Insane.

    JC
     
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    i totally agree

    faster hardware makes for lax coding
     
    drumfu, Sep 9, 2006
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