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To: Stitch who wrote (3386)	5/25/1998 10:40:00 PM
From: Yogi - Paul	Read Replies (2) of 9256

Stitch, <What is going to be the "sweet spot" in terms of capacities, performance, heads, and media?> I approached this question from popular software angle some months ago. Updating here with some assumptions: Win 98---------------- 295 MB full (all bells and whistles) Office 97------------- 335 MB full w/Pub97 and clip art Quicken 6------------- 15 MB Duke Nukem------------ 45 MB Windows On Wall St---- 5 MB (or similar) Software for following Sound card Digital camera Scanner/fax TV tuner Palm Pilot interface total------ 30 MB (wild ass guess) Data in files which stays resident on HD for more than 30 days-250 MB (my average over 3 months) Total -------------------------------- 975 MB Now, I suppose AOL and kiddie games might add another 25% but you are still looking at 2.1 GB being adequate for the average small business or home user. Double that to give the consumer a feeling that their equipment won't be obsolete in less than a year. My conclusion Sweet spot= 4 GB Trend- fewer heads, fewer platters, huge competition, more emphasis on ruggedness, access speed, fault free operation. Disclaimer-- I hate to fly and have been doing it all afternoon. Fortified by bad airline food and worse airline scotch. Encourage all to point out glaring errors without prejudice. Yogi

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