Wednesday, July 2, 2003
More Upcoming Microdrives
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 01:00 PM
Hitachi is not the only one readying higher-capacity Microdrives this year -- a company by the name of Colby Systems is joining the fun.
"The storage requirements of digital cameras keep climbing, and while storage vendors have driven capacities for desktop hard disks--the destination for downloaded images--they've been a bit more leisurely where it comes to the removable media for cameras. However, a storage industry outsider this week will offer a micro-sized hard drive holding 2.4GB, double the current capacity leader. Colby Systems Corp., a longtime vendor of custom hardware solutions for vertical markets, said it will announce its MD 2.4 drive this week. The company had not finalized pricing, the list price will be about $279."
This kind of competition is good, because I got the distinct feeling that Hitachi was sitting on their laurels about releasing a new Microdrive. In any case, IMHO, both companies have to move, because flash is right on their tail. ;)
"The storage requirements of digital cameras keep climbing, and while storage vendors have driven capacities for desktop hard disks--the destination for downloaded images--they've been a bit more leisurely where it comes to the removable media for cameras. However, a storage industry outsider this week will offer a micro-sized hard drive holding 2.4GB, double the current capacity leader. Colby Systems Corp., a longtime vendor of custom hardware solutions for vertical markets, said it will announce its MD 2.4 drive this week. The company had not finalized pricing, the list price will be about $279."
This kind of competition is good, because I got the distinct feeling that Hitachi was sitting on their laurels about releasing a new Microdrive. In any case, IMHO, both companies have to move, because flash is right on their tail. ;)
