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Posted by $loth on Fri Mar 19th at 6:00pm 2004

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Terabyte

terabyte...1000 gigs right?

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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Fri Mar 19th at 6:04pm 2004

I think 1024 would be the more exact measurement, though of course that's still approximate. [addsig]



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Posted by Wild Card on Fri Mar 19th at 6:07pm 2004

? posted by KungFuSquirrel
I think 1024 would be the more exact measurement, though of course that's still approximate.

Damn thoses 8 bits

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Posted by fishy on Fri Mar 19th at 6:11pm 2004

the 120gig drives seem to be at a reasonable place on the pricing curve. i got me one today. i could've got one for 55 quid, but i paid 60 for one with an 8mb cache. dunno what that is, but it seemed worth the extra fiver.



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Posted by Crono on Fri Mar 19th at 6:17pm 2004

500 gigs eh? That would be nice. I have about the same set up as KFS there. (becides the Nightwatch stuff lol). My game folder is only 43 Gb.

And I think Bit Torrent on my OS-drive is taking up a lot of space because the torrents 'virtually' allocate all the space they will need before they're done.

But other then that, I have 3 image manipulation programs installed as well as some Discreet software. (and a s**t load of games) I had .NET but since my dad kind of tricked me into installing it (He said it was actually good, what a lie) I took that off, it freed up about 6-7 Gb, or something like that. Also, I keep a shared folder on my computer so of all the useful files I download (demos, patches, drivers) I put them in that folder and share them over my network
My friends really like it when they come over, because we usually don't have to download anything else ... I'm a patch-pack-rat so I have them already lol.

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8mb cache: just like a cache for a CPU, but for your HD. Basically it's there to speed it up, and 8 mb is better then your standard 2 mb. Look it up for more detail, I'm not going to explain caches here ... it's a rather lengthy explination as to what they are actually doing.

Oh, also, if you ever wondered where disk space when in Windows, be aware that they count up to 1000 not 1024 bits, kb, and mb. Doesn't that suck? lol They might use that space for system files, I'm not sure though.
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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Fri Mar 19th at 6:20pm 2004

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I'm a patch-pack-rat so I have them already lol.


I'm exactly the same way, though I lost my much larger download directory in an ill-fated HD crash. Still trying to build it back up again I've got that directory shared on my network so I can easily get stuff to my laptop and my friend's computer (he stays at my place a couple nights a week instead of commuting every day for his A+ certification classes). Always came in handy at LAN parties with my friends, too, and any files I didn't have I snagged off the other guys and added to my own set [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Fri Mar 19th at 6:22pm 2004

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he stays at my place a couple nights a week instead of commuting every day for his A+ certification classes


Ew... sorry lol.

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Always came in handy at LAN parties with my friends, too, and any files I didn't have I snagged off the other guys and added to my own set


Everybody wins. [addsig]



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Posted by scary_jeff on Tue May 11th at 11:32pm 2004

continuing my theme of trying not to start loads of new threads, I thought I would add to this one with this:

http://www.archive.org/web/petabox.php

Order your 1 million gigabyte storage solution today!!



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Posted by Gwil on Wed May 12th at 12:07am 2004

on an unrelated note, my local PC supplies company/dodgy warehouse on an estate is flogging 40Gb hdd's at around ?6 a throw.. [addsig]



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Posted by Crono on Wed May 12th at 3:00am 2004

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continuing my theme of trying not to start loads of new threads, I thought I would add to this one with this:

http://www.archive.org/web/petabox.php

Order your 1 million gigabyte storage solution today!!


It sort of sucks that they don't measure that in larger prefixes. I suppose 1 petabyte doesn't look as impressive.

But, that's a s**t load of space ... so many possibilities ... so much VMM [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Wed May 12th at 9:08am 2004

"Systems Booted from USB Dongle"

Quite.






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