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Alec

#21 July 22, 2008, 12:26:16 am

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But HDDs will probably still be bigger. And a lot of games can take up anywhere from 1-5 gigabytes by themselves (most games take up at least 1 gigabyte), plus any kind of editing software will take up a lot of space, and for people who do video and audio editing, a terabyte isn't all that big. Plus, 3 CDs to me when I rip is roughly a gigabyte. A lot of people legitimately buy a lot of CDs and music, and that ADDS UP (especially to certain audiophiles that rip in lossless formats and convert for portable listening). Oh and anyone who owns an Ipod probably has two copies of every song anyway because they've got the AAC files too. Especially if you don't ever like to delete anything (READ: ME. My hard drive would be full if it weren't for the accidental format thing, and I still really need a new one). Currently, a terabyte of space is necessary for a lot of people.

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goat

#22 July 25, 2008, 11:52:53 pm

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Actually, flash drives are about to get a major step up in longevity: Japanese Scientists Invent Durable Flash Memory Which Can Last 100 Years

I'd agree that CDs/DVDs are not going away anytime soon due to their ultracheap manufacturing, but this technology could definitely help flash memory get the jump on hard drives.

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thejackyl

#23 July 28, 2008, 01:55:03 am

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[quote ]oh, hold on i left my terabyte hardrive in my other pants. Hahaha that'll be the day.[/quote]

I actually know someone who carried a 500 gb HDD with them between school and home, that hooked up like a flash drive (it plugged in via USB, but needed to be plugged into an outlet). I have no idea where they got it, but they dropped it in class and it was the best day ever.

Also, since I'm buying a new computer, I'm reminiscing about my old computer, and some of the past parts its had. I still remember back when my brother said he'd never fill a 1 gig hard drive.

I can actually see flash drives getting much bigger and less expensive, but I don't really think that they'll take over traditional HDD's. DVD's... maybe (and probably just games too...), but then again that's bases on nothing but personal knowledge of this shit, so really, there is absolutely NO basis to it.

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ATARI

#24 July 28, 2008, 03:49:04 pm

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Quote from: kentona on July 21, 2008, 06:48:13 pm

Didn't we say the same thing about space when we had 1 Gb harddrives?

I remember when my brother got this HUGE 5GB Harddrive, and I couldn't even fathom how it would be possible to fill it up

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