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Old October 12th, 2004, 11:54 AM
Roxburgh Roxburgh is offline
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If anyone's interested, found some info about the new Toshiba 1.8" drives:

Toshiba Europe link
Toshiba USA Press Release
60GB drive page (Toshiba USA)
60GB drive spec (Toshiba USA)

Looks like the 60GB drive has got a 2MB buffer, rather than the 512KB on the 40GB. I'm guessing, but should that mean fewer spin-up/reads and (as both have the same average power consumption) therefore longer battery life ??

Several places now stock new 40GB drives (4004GAH) for around £100... we'll just have to wait to see how long it is before the 60GB drive hits the shops. Probably depend on just how successful Toshiba expect the Gigabeat player to be...
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