Yes, it’s a lot of storage — but the drive’s form factor won’t fit into any currently available Mac laptop. (Note the update at the end of this post)I was pretty excited when the Western Digital news release hit my inbox. The new drives, the industry’s first in that size for portables, have pretty good specs and capacious storage space. The problem really is the size. With Apple in the business of providing slim notebooks, the drive is just too tall (12.5mm) to make it into any Apple portable, which maxes out at a drive size of 9.5mm. The drive will be available in a USB enclosure, and WD is also offering a 750 GB version of the drive as well. The 1 TB drive lists for US$250, while the 750 GB drive is $189. Those prices are for the drive alone. Mounted in a USB enclosure the 1 TB drive sells for $300.Currently the largest 3rd party drives you can get in current Mac laptops max out at 500 GB.The Mac Mini may be able to house the new drive, but it would be a pretty tight fit, and according to our Steven Sande, may require the removal of the SuperDrive.Update: We’ve had a variety of responses to this post, with different ideas about which, if any laptops could take this new high capacity drive. I thought the quickest and best approach would be to try the experts at Other World Computing, who make a living selling replacement hard drives for Mac Desktops and portables. The tech there told me that the last generation 17″ MacBook Pro can take the 12.5mm drive, but that the 15″ model can’t. He also said none of the unibody MacBook Pro models can take a drive of that size. I’m sure some won’t accept this information either, but these were the most expert opinions we could find since Western Digital wasn’t sure and Apple doesn’t generally comment on such things. Since the drives are just shipping, we’ll wait for some real world experience and report back. Thanks to all who commented.

Related Posts:

1. The history of the mythical iTablet
2. PC to Mac noob Questions and Solutions
3. Leaked MacBook Pro Photos

seat belt purses..

http://www.hipundies.com/Harveys-Original-Seat-Belt-Bag-Purse

Funemployment

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-funemployment4-2009jun04,0,7581684.story

Related Posts:

1. Gas prices also affecting drive-by shooters.
2. Mindy’s Daily Links – 2/5/09
3. Mindy’s Daily Links – 4/1/09

A new search engine by the creators of Mathematica – "long-term project to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone…enter your question or calculation, and Wolfram|Alpha uses its built-in algorithms and growing collection of data to compute the answer." Give it a try at www.wolframalpha.com.

It can pull up data on any country if you type it in, or look up complete stock price histories and comparisons, as well as perform complex mathematical computations. If you need more info on how to use it, be sure to check out the examples. You will find that Wolfram|Alpha is simply just loaded with tons of information you will probably never care about.

Related Posts:

1. App Store Freebies: Zombie Weatherman, Wikipedia Mobile, TwitMusic, more

nation’s porn stars demand to be f****d harder

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nations_porn_stars_demand_to_be?utm_source=most_pop_faxed

multipurpose mouse

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10214393-1.html?tag=mncol;posts

ysl auctioning bronze head from china

http://www.pekingduck.org/2009/03/auction-of-qing-dynasty-bronzes-a-major-pr-coup-for-prc/

chia obama
http://a2.slickdeals.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=193127&d=1239019838

white people problems
http://www.atom.com/funny_videos/white_problems/

employee flips boss’ ferrari

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30091127/?GT1=43001

cake wrecks

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

strangest sights on google earth

http://www.pcworld.com/article/134186-16/in_pictures_the_strangest_sights_in_google_earth.html

impressive workplaces

http://i.gizmodo.com/5202200/134-of-the-most-impressive-workspaces-youll-ever-see)workspaces-youll-ever-see

massive coca cola logo

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-18.529225,-70.25002&z=18&hl=en&t=h

sped up view of airplane traffic in a typical day

http://flightaware.com/analysis/allflights_movie.rvt

Related Posts:

1. Mindy’s Daily Links – 10/2/08
2. Mindy’s Daily Links – 1/26/09
3. Mindy’s Daily Links – 6/3/09

It’s no secret that women are the minority in the game industry but that hasn’t stopped them from earning more pay over their male counterparts in the UK. According to a survey of about a quarter million men and women conducted by MCV, women are earning salaries that are on average about $2840 more than men, with women averaging respectable salaries at $47,237. With the UK gaming industry average salary at $44,958, that makes women the top dogs earnings-wise. Though either a man or woman’s salary is well over the national average salary of $35,375, it seems like young women seeking to maximize their potential would do well to consider entering the gaming industry. In fact in the national average statistics, women actually do make less than men but the trend seems to be reversed for the gaming industry.

Women comprise only 10% of the gaming industry work force in the UK, yet manage to grab the best and higher paying jobs. I think it can be attributed to the fact that the other 90% of men may likely include many lower paying jobs in the industry like game testers since these kinds of jobs require more patience than skills. Women who do make it into the industry probably have gotten where they are today because they are probably the best of the best. It’s unfortunate that women find it harder to stick jobs in the industry but it’s great news that they are justifiably compensated for their skills.

Image/Flickr/Tektum

Related Posts:

1. Why Men Cheat: Top 10 Reasons Why Men Cheat
2. World’s fastest computer built from video game chips
3. Mindy’s Daily Links – 11/4/08

Letterman’s Top 10 G W Bush Moments!

Related Posts:

1. George Bush Rendered in Pure CSS
2. 4 WTF Moments in 1 Minute
3. QOTD: Iphone Does Not Lock When I Press The Top Button?

Man that guy can run…

The Yoshimoto Cube

Related Posts:

1. How Much Store Credit Would I Get For 24 Game Cube Games And A Game Cube At Gamestop?