Re:IBM has found a way to store data on a single atom
by emodendroket on Thursday March 09, 2017 @12:31PM
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That's probably got more to do with the prevalence of streaming services. Very few people keep all their music on their portable devices anymore.
Re:IBM has found a way to store data on a single atom
by OJFord on Friday March 10, 2017 @12:31AM
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It doesn't matter what the cause is - I'm saying as a result of that, the general populus understands gigabytes.
Re:IBM has found a way to store data on a single atom
by emodendroket on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:16AM
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I don't think they do, because family members ask me if they need to replace a 500GB hard drive with a bigger one when it's all Excel and Quicken.
There was a time something of the sort would be needed for the popular audience - but contemporary 'normal people' well understand the usual measures of digital storage.
People don't choose between the '3,000 song' & '6,000 song' iPhone variations - even though Apple previously offered this comparison much more prominently for its iPod range. They choose 8/16/32/64/128 GB (the modern public is even catching up with us in having the powers of 2 memorised!) or whatever is the current lineup.