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With the advent of "super duper" sized hard drives what is the point?
I understand that with bigger storage capacity you can store more, i.e films (but who wants to watch a film on your pc? yes i know you can get a tv out card and connect it to a tv) but that then means your pc must be near tv either that or more "spagetti"
I also know that a hd doesnt store information logiacly, in that it doesn't store all the info at the begining then the next space, then the next etc
but what makes me wonder is although it is known where the info should be, surely it must search the hd to find what its looking for (or somewhere to put new info) so as its such a big hd will not the needle* wear out quicker seeing as it has to seacrh more as itts such a big hd?
or have i got my understanding all wrong?
I also broke an old hd to see inside,
so i know it has several literaly had drives (solid discs) stacked on top of each other each with a "needle" * to read / write onto each disc
But since the physical size of a hd is constant (isnt it? ) that must mean the "needle"* is moving over the same area more often, so it must wear out or wear out the disc quicker than say a smaller hd
* i called it a needle, although i know it actualy isnt and it reads / writes magenticaly, but dont know what else to call it.
OR should i just get my coat and wonder at the marvels of Elektrickery?
I understand that with bigger storage capacity you can store more, i.e films (but who wants to watch a film on your pc? yes i know you can get a tv out card and connect it to a tv) but that then means your pc must be near tv either that or more "spagetti"
I also know that a hd doesnt store information logiacly, in that it doesn't store all the info at the begining then the next space, then the next etc
but what makes me wonder is although it is known where the info should be, surely it must search the hd to find what its looking for (or somewhere to put new info) so as its such a big hd will not the needle* wear out quicker seeing as it has to seacrh more as itts such a big hd?
or have i got my understanding all wrong?
I also broke an old hd to see inside,
so i know it has several literaly had drives (solid discs) stacked on top of each other each with a "needle" * to read / write onto each disc
But since the physical size of a hd is constant (isnt it? ) that must mean the "needle"* is moving over the same area more often, so it must wear out or wear out the disc quicker than say a smaller hd
* i called it a needle, although i know it actualy isnt and it reads / writes magenticaly, but dont know what else to call it.
OR should i just get my coat and wonder at the marvels of Elektrickery?