[DM-MUG] Internal Hard Drives/1.8" and iPods

[AB]

Yeah I forgot about those too! They were coming out as ultra portable hard drives and "large capacity pocketsized USB/firewire" drives. I was surprised they didn't become popular faster and thought they'd end up dying out as a standalone. 

I always thought MP3 players and iPods were glorified jump drives with an audio jack.  Though I love my iPod. And I love that I found it at a steal of a deal. 

Didn't know about the detailed info on the 1.8" drives though. Good to know. Thanks!

--- On Fri, 1/30/09, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> From: Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] Internal Hard Drives shopping
> To: anastasia_prittee at yahoo.com, "Des Moines Mac Users Group" <dmmug at dmmug.org>
> Date: Friday, January 30, 2009, 10:48 AM
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 9:55 AM, AB
> <anastasia_prittee at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Also be sure to pay attention to the type of
> connectior your computer requires.
> >
> > 3.5" = desktop
> > 2.5" = laptop maybe also iMacs
> 
> And believe it or not there is actually a 1.8" drive
> format. I thought
> 2.5" was the smallest and bought one for my laptop but
> when I opened
> my computer (a Dell Latitude D420) saw there was no way the
> drive
> would fit in. The cable is very different from the other
> drives, it
> uses a ZIF connector where you just slip the end of the
> cable into a
> slot and snap a small plastic bar down over the cable to
> hold it in
> place.
> 
> They've been used in iPods for a while but now that
> these ultra tiny
> netbooks are all the rage apparently these drives are
> becoming common
> as user-replaceable upgrades (apparently it's uncommon
> to upgrade the
> hard drive in your iPod).
> 
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