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Originally Posted by wytnyt
yes but thats 20 years down the line,we havent saturated the market with 2,3,4 ect Tb platter drives yet
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Well, not 20 years. More like 5. But the technology and demand for platter drives has peaked, and were on the downhill side. They have already pushed platter speeds to the max. Im not familiar with any platter drive that doesnt require a power plug with both +12 and +5 volts on it.
Higher current requirements mean higher temperatures produced and reduced battery life. They have taken IC chips from 15, 12 and 5 volts to 1.8, 1.2, 1.0 and even .85 volts. Less power consumed = 2 good things. Less heat and longer battery life. The platter disk is simply the next victim in this equation. It takes to much power, it produces to much heat and it does not do well in drop testing. And its slow and heavy. SSD's solve all these issues. And like anything else, they will get cheaper, and they will get bigger.