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In a previous article, pde...@draper.com (PDeMaio) says:

>
>>        That last bit with the flopticies is the most sensible out of your
>>options.  If 4x cdroms cost $1000+ now, imagine how much 6x or 8x will cost in
>>that time frame - or even 5 years from now.
>
>I thought it would be good to mention that 4x drives 220 ms access times 160ms 
>seek are available for about $450.  The next step should be at lest to 8x 
>maybe even 15-20x.  The problem as I see it is going to be access times not 
>speed.  Light moves very fast (about 3x10^8 m/s, last i checked) so high data 
>transfer speeds should be easy to get, but the lenses, receptors and 
>lasers that have to move to read the disk are much heavier than the heads 
>needed to read a magnetic medium.  There may be a work around for this but I 
>haven't seen one yet.
>PDeMaio
>
>Is that a light at the end of the tunnel or just an oncoming train?
>
I believe it was a Plextor tech that said he thought the limit would
be at 6x to 8x drives with todays technology (in a CD-World Mag).  He
stated that at a certain spin rate, and with todays technology, it
would become counter-productive.

--- Mark