Re: [NTLK] iPod hard drive physical size

From: Jake (newton_at_10k.org)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 16:48:30 EDT

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I thought iPod uses the 5 gig Toshiba PC Card Drive.
Those goes for $399 retail from Toshiba.

> >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.
>

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