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Old 29-11-2007, 02:28 PM   #3
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Re: VISTA -- USB STILL RUNS AFTER "SAFE TO DISCONNECT"


kevin;528845 Wrote:
> Also, For anyone with experience with Western Digital External
> Drives...I was wodnerign if it was OKAY to keep them plugged in and
> running since they don't appear to have a suspend mode (which IMO is a
> VERY stupid design).
>
> It is my current belief that using anything with moving parts can wear
> out... gotta love hard drive spindles. FLASH drives are the way of the
> future for sure...to bad Moore's law doesn't apply to them.


Actually, solid-state harddrives do exists, but they're notoriously
expensive. Last time I checked, a 120GB solid state drive cost R 20,000
(about $ 3000)!


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