Conventional Hard Drive Obsoletism? Samsung's 32 GB Flash Drive Previewed @ THG

**MIG-31** · Sep 20, 2006, 05:24 PM

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If you follow the hard drive market, you are probably familiar with names such as Raptor, Deskstar or Barracuda, which stand for hard drive families from various manufacturers. All of today's mainstream hard drives are based on rotating magnetic platters, allowing for relatively high capacities of up to 750 GB per hard drive. But the technology has limits, as the data transfer speeds did not increase much over time. As a matter of fact, hard drives are the slowest components in modern PCs.

Sep 20, 2006, 05:24 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,756 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Conventional Hard Drive Obsoletism? Samsung's 32 GB Flash Drive Previewed @ THG Preview: Toms Hardware Guide _______________ If you follow the hard drive market, you are probably familiar with names such as Raptor, Deskstar or Barracuda, which stand for hard drive families from various manufacturers. All of today's mainstream hard drives are based on rotating magnetic platters, allowing for relatively high capacities of up to 750 GB per hard drive. But the technology has limits, as the data transfer speeds did not increase much over time. As a matter of fact, hard drives are the slowest components in modern PCs. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here