Re: [NTLK] iPod hard drive physical size

From: Bob Kenyon (rrk_at_bobrk.com)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 12:21:02 EDT


At 11:40 -0400 2001/10/24, <gopi_at_sin.sloth.org> wrote:
>The iPod dimensions:
>4.02 " x 2.43 " x 0.78 "
>
>A 2.5" notebook hard drive has - unsurprisingly - a circular object inside
>of it that is 2.5" in diameter.
>
>Notice something there? Right. The iPod doesn't use a 2.5" hard drive.
>
>PriceWatch showed 1.8" hard drives as being between $350 and $400.

It might be hard to compare prices since the iPod hard drive is
custom made for Apple. Article I read says that it's 1/5th of an inch
thick.

-- 
Bob R. Kenyon
Beautiful Downtown San Jose, CA
<http://www.bobrk.com/>

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