Posted by: jarob10
Karma HDD upgrades possible ? - 15/08/2003 15:20
As new (bigger) HDD's become available, will empeg style HDD swaps be feasible ?
Not while maintaining warranty...Quite.
It is unlikely, unless the physical size of the drives match.Taking Karmas to pieces is definitely not as easy as taking car-players to pieces (at least if you want to put it back together again neatly). But I suspect, if this entirely new drive form factor takes off, bigger capacities in the same physical sizes as the initial 20 and 40 will eventually become available -- much like the way that 2.5in drives used to come in 16.5mm and 12.5mm heights, whereas now even the biggest capacities are 9.5mm. Of course, in that sort of timeframe Rio is hopefully going to have entirely different and even more wonderful players for you to buy...
? I thought the published comparison tables also had the cases with different dimensions to allow for this. Have I misunderstood it?Paul, I think you and Rob are saying the same thing, you're just saying it different ways, and you're misunderstanding each other's intentions. Something about the phrasing is tripping you up. You started by saying "The cases of the 40's will be bigger" but Rob thought you meant, "The cases of all the units will be bigger to make room for the 40's", even though I know you know better than that.