The 1 Terabyte Hard disk is with us, what you got to put on it?
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Sunray
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Dell are the only supplier at the moment, $399 which translates to 200 quid, though I think its for the alienware machines.
I was thinking lossless compression, does just a bit over 2-1 so an album is 325Meg. Given that a 320Kb album is over100Meg with a 1Tb drive the loss in quality compared to a standard CD is becoming much less worth it.
I was thinking lossless compression, does just a bit over 2-1 so an album is 325Meg. Given that a 320Kb album is over100Meg with a 1Tb drive the loss in quality compared to a standard CD is becoming much less worth it.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It's about bloody time, as already said with high def films coming this will film up quite quickly. Also add music, photos and games (some patches weighing in at half a gig) it's easy to see even a terabyte drive getting filled up...
lunatrick said:it's not pointless assumptions at all - as hard drives and storage increases so the formats will change....just a simple point...
how many albums ripped in wav would you get onto 1tb?
ok maybe a little testy!
Okay, as we seem to be past name-calling now...
I've got just over 500Gb of mp3s. The idea of the time and space required to convert or otherwise restore those to lossless formats makes it a no go for me. The mp3s are mostly decent enough quality. I don't download below 192 anyway, and I don't keep bad rips or poor quality.
If I want it lossless, I usually buy it. Don't lose everything when the hard drive (eventually inevitably) dies that way.
Which as I've learned recently, really, really makes you appreciate your CD collection.
Backing up several terrabyte drives of lossless music?
I appreciate that for a lot of people it would be a pain to go back from mp3 as it has become so easy to get massive collections....I mean I copied the entire beatles back cataologue jus because my mate had it and it was there - I don't even like them.....but anyway in past there were different formats and you just adapt.....I like the idea of digitised formats that don't mess with the original recordings at all.......so once we get onto the 5 or 10 tb drives it will be awesome....
DarthSydodyas
rusting
Where the fuck are these 1tb hard drives? Didnt someone promise they were due out Q1 2007? 
As PK says, those seagate 750's are pretty cheap to miss (albeit the 500gig version are around £88 inclusive, now!)
As PK says, those seagate 750's are pretty cheap to miss (albeit the 500gig version are around £88 inclusive, now!)
dogmatique
merde alors
I'd wait a bit longer before buying one to be honest - this perpendicular storage lark is still relatively new, so wouldn't want to ditch two old drives only for the new one to go down in 6 months.
But: as soon as they're past at least their first revision, I'd be very interested in having 4 of those internally, than the collection of powered external boxes I'm using at the moment.
But: as soon as they're past at least their first revision, I'd be very interested in having 4 of those internally, than the collection of powered external boxes I'm using at the moment.
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
The first version were laptop format, the 7200.10 desktop range arrived slightly later on, all the other brands are starting/using it now too. That's in all of thier drives not just the high capacity ones.
Sunray
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DarthSydodyas said:Where the fuck are these 1tb hard drives? Didnt someone promise they were due out Q1 2007?
As PK says, those seagate 750's are pretty cheap to miss (albeit the 500gig version are around £88 inclusive, now!)
As I pointed out, they are being sold by Dell exclusively for their Alienware range at the moment. Adds 289 quid and you can fit three.
http://www.alienware.co.uk/configur...syscode=PC-EU-A51-7500-R4&subcode=SKU-DEFAULT
dogmatique
merde alors
Curses!
When did they bring that out? I thought my 1tb Lacie drive was the biggest. Damn you! Damn you to hell!
When did they bring that out? I thought my 1tb Lacie drive was the biggest. Damn you! Damn you to hell!
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