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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1171668" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Anything is possible.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>What I'm thinking is...since Windows computers:</p><p></p><p>- make up approx. 90% of all computers sold (not sure of the exact Mac vs. Windows laptop breakdown)</p><p>- all (or probably all) 1 terabyte 2.5" laptop hard drives at this point are 12.0 - 12.5mm in height</p><p>- these 12.5mm height drives do safely fit into most modern Windows laptops (otherwise these 2.5" hard drives would only be used as external storage).</p><p></p><p>...that there is no real driving economic force to encourage 2.5" laptop manufacturers to reduce the "thickness" of 2.5" 1.0 terabyte (and larger drives) to a "thinner" 9.5mm size...since Macintosh laptops make up such a small proportion of the overall laptop market.</p><p></p><p>Of course...laptop manufacturers (both Apple & Windows manufacturers)...are always looking for ways to make laptops thinner & lighter...so this could be a "driving force" to encourage hard drive manufacturers to reduce the thickness of 2.5" 1.0 terabyte (and larger drives) to a thinner 9.5mm height.</p><p></p><p>But...with the inclusion of SSD drives starting to take place in laptop computers...if the price, performance, longevity, and durability of SSD drives starts to displace traditional hard drives...this could also be a driving force against reducing the thickness of 2.5" 1.0 terabyte drives from 12.0-12.5mm to 9.5mm (since traditional hard drive storage would become obsolete).</p><p></p><p>Hey...just my humble opinions or theories. If I had all the answers...my investment accounts would be 7 figures or more!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1171668, member: 56379"] Anything is possible.:) What I'm thinking is...since Windows computers: - make up approx. 90% of all computers sold (not sure of the exact Mac vs. Windows laptop breakdown) - all (or probably all) 1 terabyte 2.5" laptop hard drives at this point are 12.0 - 12.5mm in height - these 12.5mm height drives do safely fit into most modern Windows laptops (otherwise these 2.5" hard drives would only be used as external storage). ...that there is no real driving economic force to encourage 2.5" laptop manufacturers to reduce the "thickness" of 2.5" 1.0 terabyte (and larger drives) to a "thinner" 9.5mm size...since Macintosh laptops make up such a small proportion of the overall laptop market. Of course...laptop manufacturers (both Apple & Windows manufacturers)...are always looking for ways to make laptops thinner & lighter...so this could be a "driving force" to encourage hard drive manufacturers to reduce the thickness of 2.5" 1.0 terabyte (and larger drives) to a thinner 9.5mm height. But...with the inclusion of SSD drives starting to take place in laptop computers...if the price, performance, longevity, and durability of SSD drives starts to displace traditional hard drives...this could also be a driving force against reducing the thickness of 2.5" 1.0 terabyte drives from 12.0-12.5mm to 9.5mm (since traditional hard drive storage would become obsolete). Hey...just my humble opinions or theories. If I had all the answers...my investment accounts would be 7 figures or more!;) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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