Seth

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Been out for awhile. I recommend getting the Hitachi/IBM 1.8" drives if you're planning to use them in a CarPC, though. The Hitachi have a standard 44 pin (notebook) IDE (at least that's what's pictured, and what the 1.8" enclosure I bought uses) connector, whereas the Toshiba have an odd connector.

Only downside is price, a 20GB 1.8" Hitachi drive will run ~$100, 40GB ~140. Hmm, come to think of it, that's only about a $40 premium compared to 2.5" notebook drives.

Dudes99

Size = OOOOOOOhhhhhh

Speed (4200RPM) = Boooooooooo

Everything seems to have a trade off.................

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HostileJava

Yeah, poopoo at the speed. For that much of a performance hit, it's just not worth it for me.

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Dudes99

True, unless your one of the minimalists (CF guys), for them this would make a great data drive.

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Seth

Yup I agree in the speed thing guys but products like that indicate what is the current trend in the industry. Smaller dimensions, Bigger capacities, Efficiency but not yet fast....you got to start from somewhere...

Dudes99

True, true, start small I guess.

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Scouse Monkey

surely they are just the same drives the ipod uses. or very similar.

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Scouse, your avatar is just what I needed to see at work and mother nature at home LOL.

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