Analysis: 20 factors that will change PCs in 2002

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400 gigs and a cloud of dust: AFC hard drives
What is it? Antiferromagnetically coupled media, a new way to coat hard drives.
What\'s cool? By sprinkling disks with the element ruthenium -- impishly termed "pixie dust" by IBM -- drive manufacturers can pack more data onto each hard drive platter. Today most drives fit about 20 gigabits per square inch; AFC hard drives will ultimately fit five times as much -- which means a 400GB drive will soon cost about the same as today\'s 80GB models.
When\'s it coming? Pixie dust and other high-density storage technologies are already here, but drives won\'t hit 400GB before 2003.
What\'s the catch? Like CPU speeds, today\'s hard drive capacities already exceed most users\' needs.
Impact meter: 8

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Originally posted by Bossieman
A very interesting read!!
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There is lots of interesting stuff over there.

jeez..... 400gigs... I only have 3 gigs on my computer... and I haven\'t filled that up... I got everything I need...

Well.. Now that I think about it.... I could actually use that space for PC games... and a scanner and printer.. Cause I don\'t have any of that on my crappy computer....

I like this one:

Digital cameras: Multiplicity of megapixels

What is it? Digital cameras that start to rival film cameras\' output.
What\'s cool? Camera makers continue to increase resolutions, making for sharper, more detailed digital photos. Meanwhile, companies like Sony and Minolta continue to increase the bit depth digital cameras use to capture color values. That should help render more-subtle highlights and shadows. Once it\'s ready, you can expect OLED technology to make its way into camera viewfinders, where power savings over standard LCDs will boost battery life. When\'s it coming? Cameras that offer 5-megapixel resolution are here now, and manufacturers are already increasing bit depth beyond 32 bits. Expect prices for 4- and 5-megapixel models to come down to more reasonable levels over the next year. What\'s the catch? Most people don\'t need more than 3.3 megapixels. Resolutions may start to climb slowly as fewer people need the added detail provided by higher resolutions. Impact meter: 5

Though I\'m constantly amazed that so many people put up with such crappy image quality in the cheaper digital cameras that are available today.  I look at 1-2 megapixel images my friends take, and they are totally unsatisfactory to me.  Poor contrast, jaggies and moires, jpeg artifacts... gah!  I hope that MUCH higher resolution CCDs become available and affordable soon.  That combined with low power consumption OLED displays, and AFC-type microdrives will create a digital camera that I can finally be happy with.

400 GBs?? :eek: I\'ve just bought a new 80 GBs HDD and the space seems to be infinite (Yes, I said the same when I bought the PC with a 6 GB HDD...), but 400 GBs is a lot of storage space. Do you imagine a installation with about 20 GB?

400 Gigs and then you haveto defrag it and it takes a day.

Fun

Wonder if anyone here will buy and fill it up with downloads

i garuntee i could fill it up

i mean i have a 60gig and already have filled it up before

i had to move files to cds and stuff - it just crazy - i guess i need to stop dling stuff lol

im finally back up to 20 gigs again

yay

but i am thinking of getting a 180 gig soon

Originally posted by Sublimesjg
i garuntee i could fill it up

i mean i have a 60gig and already have filled it up before

i had to move files to cds and stuff - it just crazy - i guess i need to stop dling stuff lol

im finally back up to 20 gigs again

yay

but i am thinking of getting a 180 gig soon

Wow.... Stop d/ling Sublime! Stop! And when you stop.... give me your cable modem too...