Hard drive spec change

[Adam Jackson]

On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 17:28 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2010/03/10 17:09 (GMT-0500) Ric Wheeler composed:
> 
> > Felix Miata wrote:
> 
> >> The change is for the benefit of manufacturers, not users. Readiness is only
> >> spotty. The discussion has been extensive and ongoing on the linux-ide
> >> mailing list.
> 
> > Users do benefit as well - more capacity per platter specifically is one 
> > obvious win.
> 
> Some users, yes, those with unfathomable storage capacity requirements,
> saving every byte ever encountered without regard for its utility. For those
> with more common needs, the compatibility cost outweighs the purported
> benefits. Most users don't even need 1/10 of .2TiB, much less the 2TiB at
> which larger than 512 byte sectors might start looking sane in cost/benefit
> analysis.

Spoken like someone who has never used usenet.

- ajax
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