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World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« on: October 10, 2011, 02:00:54 PM »
The story is a month old. But it may be news to many.
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The World's First 4TB Hard Drive, Seagate GoFlex Desk, Available Now For $249.99.
...The new GoFlex Desk 4TB drive has the space to contain over 2,000 HD movies. ...
The highest capacity hard drive in the industry.
But what is the cost of buying 2000 HD movies?
Can you estimate how long would it take to download 2000 HD movies?

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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2011, 04:03:55 PM »
It didn't say "this is only usable for storing 2000 HD movies"

it was comparing the available space to how much data would fit. Earlier hard drives might say "that's enough to store the entire content of a library!" But nobody turned around and started asking stupid questions like "How do I get the library in my puter DERP", they knew it was just a size comparison.

And yet that seems to be what you are doing here. Why? The HD Movies note was to help people who don't understand how big a TB or GB is conceptually understand how much space 4TB is. It's not a designation of the only use for the drive. Or even a recommended use for the drive. It's a size comparison.
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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2011, 04:52:32 PM »
Yes, it is absurd.
How do the calculate that 2000 HD movies fit on a 4TB drive? I can do that on my abacus. I come up with a different answer.  Must be losing a decimal point.
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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2011, 05:05:40 PM »
Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 10, 2011, 04:52:32 PM
Yes, it is absurd.
How do the calculate that 2000 HD movies fit on a 4TB drive?

The average encoded HD(720p) movie is 2GB. Which jives with my file sizes.
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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2011, 08:17:07 PM »
Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 10, 2011, 05:05:40 PM
The average encoded HD(720p) movie is 2GB. Which jives with my file sizes.
You are right. I can not deal with huge numbers. My video and movie collection is less the 200 items, and most are under 1 GB.

I don't think I will be buying the Seagate 4TB soon. But it is nice to know it is out there if I ever need it. Will 4TB I could run a clued server for everybody in this town. Well, not really every body. If I got64 people for $1 a month, the drive would pay for itself in the fourth  month. Each user could have 64 GB for himself. More or less.

What would you do with 4 TB in you pocket?
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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2011, 08:48:38 PM »
Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 10, 2011, 08:17:07 PM
What would you do with 4 TB in you pocket?
The same things I'm doing with 2TB...
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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2011, 09:11:41 PM »
If you recorded the same movie 2,000 times on it it would still work right ? ?
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Re: World's First 4TB Hard Drive
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2011, 11:07:45 PM »
Quote from: patio on October 10, 2011, 09:11:41 PM
If you recorded the same movie 2,000 times on it it would still work right ? ?
Uhhh... Would I have to watch it n2000 times to be sure? And if I found an error, what should I do?  :P
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