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[OM] Re: Back up your data.

Subject: [OM] Re: Back up your data.
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:00:09 -0400

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Mitchell" <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:30 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Back up your data.


> Peter Leyssens wrote:
>>>I recently read about the things being done by the big portable computer
>>>makers to make their HDDs reliable. I don't remember it all, but one
>>>example is built-in accelerometers, so the drive can park heads and spin
>>>down the motor BEFORE it lands. One of the few reasons I can see to pay
>>>the premium prices for a couple of brands.
>>
>> Wow.  Which brand is that ?
>
>  The new Apple iBooks do this:
>
> "Now every iBook G4 is equipped with Apple’s Sudden Motion Sensor to
> help protect your most valuable asset: your data. The Sudden Motion
> Sensor senses change in axis position and accelerated movement. In the
> event of a drop or fall, the Sudden Motion Sensor instantly parks the
> hard drive heads so they won’t scratch the disks on impact, lessening
> the risk of damage and improving your chances of retrieving valuable
> data. When the Sudden Motion Sensor senses your iBook G4 is once again
> level, it unlocks the hard drive heads automatically."
>
>  -- dan
>
So do the IBM Thinkpads -- in fact, I think IBM invented the concept.  It 
was on my older X30. 



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