So whats beyond 1TB?

[MrSmegzabush]

I know when 1TB drives came out, I remember reading somewhere that breakthroughs were made that could push magnetic storage larger faster, and that we could be looking at 1.7TB drives by Q1 09 or something like that. Just curious, but anybody have any idea what the next drive size we will see or, when we will see it?

 

[Ockie]

This is my guess:


1TB
1.25
1.5
1.75
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
6
7
8
....ETC

 

[unhappy_mage]

Just curious, but anybody have any idea what the next drive size we will see or, when we will see it?

Not here. 1TB drives are still fairly recent, so I'd imagine that new drives are a couple months off yet.

 

[Drudenhaus]

Hitachi is supposed to have 1.5TB drives this year. There are plenty of articles citing them advertising this at CES. example