1TB is here!

• KumSioJui

  27 Feb 06, 10:14

  Originally posted by FireIce:

  Maxtor OneTouch III
  
  
  
  http://www.maxtoronetouchiii.com
  
  When you choose a Maxtor OneTouch III, you can easily:
  
  * Add up to 1TB of extra space to your computer to back up or store your digital photos, videos, music, games and files
  * Back up your entire hard drive, or select specific files for backup, either automatically or with a touch of a button
  * Get an extra measure of security with our built-in Maxtor DriveLock®, which allows you to password-protect the drive against unauthorized users or in case of loss
  * Use the Maxtor System RollbackTM feature to restore your Windows operating system, settings and applications to a point in time when they ran smoother, such as before a virus attack. Updates to photos, music and critical data files are kept current.
  * Synchronize data between two or more computers, such as your home computer and work laptop

  how technology moves, years ago in the very early 90' I was working in a small computer retailer, an angmoh academic I think from NUS came in with a 500megabyte scsi hardisk. That 500mb looked exactly like the size of the 1TB like a brick. He was looking for a scsi card to attach to his hardisk he bought at the computer fair. He paid something like $15,000 for that 500mb drive.
  
  You must remember this was in the early 92/93 where people who owned 386 PC was like people who owned Pentium 4 machines today and most 386 machines run on 40-60mb hardisk or newer 120mb hardisk from conners so 500mb scsi disk was really a monster then.
  
  Looking back then and now I'm convinced that eventually they will have 100TB disk the size of a brick in the not so distant future.
• nightzip

  27 Feb 06, 19:59

  so what's after "tera" ?
• 798

  27 Feb 06, 20:00

  a good home for my prawns to stay.
• lpx88

  27 Feb 06, 20:05

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  so what's after "tera" ?

  Peta
• 798

  27 Feb 06, 20:12

  hmm... how many bits are there in 1TB?
  
  Clues:
  1KB = 1024 Bytes
  1MB = 2^20 Bytes
  1GB = 2^30 Bytes
  1TB = 2^40 Bytes
  
  1 Bytes is 8 bits
• lpx88

  27 Feb 06, 20:18

  Originally posted by 798:

  hmm... how many bits are there in 1TB?
  
  Clues:
  1KB = 1024 Bytes
  1MB = 2^20 Bytes
  1GB = 2^30 Bytes
  1TB = 2^40 Bytes
  
  1 Bytes is 8 bits

  wtf don make me fink leh lol
• stellazio

  27 Feb 06, 20:23

  wow..and i thought my 250gb can last me quite awhile..
• chanff8

  27 Feb 06, 23:23

  Originally posted by 798:

  hmm... how many bits are there in 1TB?
  
  Clues:
  1KB = 1024 Bytes
  1MB = 2^20 Bytes
  1GB = 2^30 Bytes
  1TB = 2^40 Bytes
  
  1 Bytes is 8 bits

  8796093022000 bits?
  
• FireIce

  28 Feb 06, 11:20

  yeah, it looks very dinosaur now
  give it a couple of yrs......we might have 1TB thumbdrive
• 798

  1 Mar 06, 10:45

  Originally posted by chanff8:

  8796093022000 bits?
  

  SHOULD BE 8796093022008 bits.
• Subbx

  1 Mar 06, 10:57

  I used up 200GB in less than 6 months
• 798

  1 Mar 06, 10:58

  Originally posted by Subbx:

  I used up 200GB in less than 6 months

  wat u downloaded mostly? huh?
• Subbx

  1 Mar 06, 12:18

  Originally posted by 798:

  wat u downloaded mostly? huh?

  Shhhh...... Nothing illegal
• FireIce

  5 Mar 06, 23:48

  no news whether we can get to see 1TB hdd at the IT show next week...........
• dark_snowboy

  6 Mar 06, 19:26

  i think 0.001% of home users will use it
• nightzip

  6 Mar 06, 19:34

  it might be good for shared workstations etc...
  
  or even 2 home desktops can share the HDD right? like each partitioned to 500Gb.
• dark_snowboy

  6 Mar 06, 21:21

  Originally posted by nightzip:

  it might be good for shared workstations etc...
  
  or even 2 home desktops can share the HDD right? like each partitioned to 500Gb.

  thats too much..
• Gordonator

  6 Mar 06, 21:32

  
  
  that's equivalent to 714,286 floopy disks, 1538 CD-ROMs or 213 DVD-ROMs.
• Gordonator

  6 Mar 06, 21:42

  double post.
• FireIce

  7 Mar 06, 01:01

  actually with all the laws on copyright and illegal downloads, i relli wonder how many legit files and documents can we store to justify the need for 1TB.....
  
  but it will be the norm in future lah
• ndmmxiaomayi

  7 Mar 06, 10:13

  Originally posted by dark_snowboy:

  i think 0.001% of home users will use it

  If it comes out in the next 3 years.
  
  5 years later, it's a norm. Probably half the population will be using 1TB or even more.
• lpx88

  7 Mar 06, 16:44

  Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:

  If it comes out in the next 3 years.
  
  5 years later, it's a norm. Probably half the population will be using 1TB or even more.

  yea...and dey need that 1 TB coz all de games will be super intensive
• alwaysdisturbed

  7 Mar 06, 16:54

  Originally posted by stellazio:

  wow..and i thought my 250gb can last me quite awhile..

  n i juz upgraded my harddisk frm 40gb to 250gb less den a mth ago...
  
  dis 1 TERAbyte hdd really terrifies me...
• FireIce

  11 Mar 06, 13:26

  had a quick walk at IT show on thursday
  
  no see any 1TB around...........
• zerocool85

  14 Mar 06, 14:44

  1 game probably need like 10 dvds to install.. or maybe they will be sold in those 2.5" external HDD... it will be so cheap by then..
  
  next generation of computers will be super fast.. i guess
  duo.. trio quadro processors with HT technology..
  
  or quadra proc with quadro ht tech...
  
  with like 10gb of graphic card..
  
  lol.. amazing ;x