http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba's inaugural 3.5-inch external HDD is exactly what you think it is http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
If your going to launch a new product...a good top is to start off with something good. You know like 7200rpm and Firewire...]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
ALL external hard drives work with Macs, it takes 5 seconds to convert it to HFS+]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/I've seen quite a few people who won't get anything that's not Apple certified, because it's unreliable since it's made for Windows.]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/

Seriously though...woot ext4.]]>Jul 29th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
The $ to GB ratio is just not there for SSD's.

Its like saying lets scrap all Hyundai's and just build BMW's because they are better. In theory it means everyone would be getting a better car but it costs lots more $$$]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
Yeah, right now HDDs still have the $/GB advantage. But take note of the 'right now.' SSDs and their flash underpinnings are multiplying in capacity and halving in cost at rates so far in excess of the advances that have been seen recently in the HDD world that we're looking at a 2-4 year window before HDDs are obsolete in not just the moving parts category but also on basis of price.

We've had 1TB HDDs for over 2.5 years now (first one announced Jan of 2007), but just recently was the first 2TB single 3.5" drive announced. So right now we're on a roughly 2.5 year cycle to double hard drive sizes in a single form factor. Whereas SSDs are dropping like rocks in price and multiplying in storage capacity on time scales measured in months.

It doesn't take a genius to realize which of these technologies is going to win. It's just a matter of time.]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
SSD's will eventually replace HDD's in probably all sectors, I think however that your timeline is optimistic at best.

Currently a 3.5" 1TB HDD is around $80. The same SDD is about $2200.

We'll assume that SSD prices drop by half each year (they haven't, but, let's assume).
1 year $1100
2 years $550
3 years $275
4 years $135
5 years $70

Now we're price competitive.

Problem is, in that same 5 years, by your own assumption, HDD's will have doubled in size twice to 4TB.

Now we are neither price nor size competitive. ]]>Jul 29th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
In an industry that advances as fast as computers, 2-4 years is a lifetime, let alone the 6+ years it's likely to take SSDs to catch HDDs. ]]>Jul 29th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/I for one support scraping all Hyundai's. ]]>Jul 29th 2009 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
2) I'll take a reliable car over an inflated price tag any day (i.e. Hyundai over BMW), so your analogy isn't working very well there Adderz.]]>Jul 29th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
Access times should be better for the 7200 but it would require some testing to see if the advantages in raw drive speed propagate through the rather inefficient USB protocol. ]]>Jul 29th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=309919
about 2 years ago, and when it got flooded and I pulled it out the case to recover the data, it was definitely a 3.5" drive in there.

Or is this Toshiba's first external 3.5" drive in the USA...]]>Jul 28th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/I don't understand why people didn't go with Firewire.
It's superior in every way possible, so why are we still stuck using USB?
]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/7200 RPM will definitely make a difference!]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/
But yes, higher sustained throughput, minimal processor involvement in scheduling, and higher power (in the 6 pin variant) than USB are all draws. That said, isn't eSATA supposed to be taking over from Firewire these days in terms of external storage?]]>Jul 28th 2009 11:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 28th 2009 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 12:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/I recently bought a Toshiba StorE 1TB 3.5" 7200rpm External HDD with aluminium casing from Amazon.de. In fact I'm using it right now as I write this comment.

It retail for almost €100, but I got my self an exhibit-ware for €50. It's 50 euro cents per gigabyte.

check this link for picture (Amazon.de page): http://foxyurl.com/q0b]]>Jul 29th 2009 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/5400vpm?? Unless there is much vacant in band width when transfering.]]>Jul 29th 2009 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/5400vpm?? Unless there is much vacant in band width when transfering.]]>Jul 29th 2009 6:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Jul 29th 2009 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/28/toshibas-inaugural-3-5-inch-external-hdd-is-exactly-what-you-th/Aug 10th 2009 2:36PM