Sep 12 2007

New, larger iPod drives in 2 years?

Published by beth under Technology

According to a MacWorld UK post:

[Toshiba revealed] revealing plans to boost maximum capacity in its 1.8-inch drives to 120GB; two such drives could be combined to offer iPods with 240GB capacity.

The company has developed a prototype 120GB drive which improved on the perpendicular magnetic recording technology used in the current generation of drives.

Nice. The mind boggles, really — I still haven’t filled up my old b&w 40gig iPod with music/audio books, and I was kinda drooling over the new 160gig iPod classics that were recently announced.

The mention of perpendicular magnetic recording, though, reminded me of the animation that Hitachi did to describe what the heck that tech is all about, in the style of the SchoolHouse Rock:

And if that makes you jones for the SHR version (”How a Bill Becomes a Law”), yes, that’s on YouTube, too:

4 Responses to “New, larger iPod drives in 2 years?”

  1. # paladinon 13 Sep 2007 at 12:06 pm

    240 GB’s? “for porn.”

  2. # Mike broon 13 Sep 2007 at 12:35 pm

    and don’t forget this classic, from the Simpsons:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xPXOr40XhI

  3. # adminon 13 Sep 2007 at 12:50 pm

    Paladin:

    I thought that’s what the internet is for?

    Maybe the Avenue Q folks need to rewrite their lyrics.

  4. # paladinon 14 Sep 2007 at 11:24 am

    that’s what i’m sayin!

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