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To: Gus who wrote (2765)1/12/1998 3:41:00 AM
From: Sleeperz   of 5058
 
>>>The world's largest producer of insulators believes it can make glass hard disks as cheaply as conventional aluminum ones.....

What are these folks smoking and can I please have some!?!?!<<<

What makes you think they are smoking something?
Sand is cheaper than aluminum and when the glass discs are mass produced in higher quantity will become cheaper. Glass may have better qualities than aluminum like less heat expansion which makes it desirable in the newer high speed HDs.

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