On 06/18/05 11:06 am inkleput{at}isp.com tossed the following ingredients 
into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

>  >>>Do most laptops require an adapting caddy to match them to a
>  >>>relatively standard set of physical hard drive configurations?
> 
> Maybe I should have asked "Do ALL laptops require" this?  It seems odd
> to me that in this category where space is at a premium they don't make
> the computer fit the drive rather than the other way around.

At least for my Toshiba notebook, the standard-equipment drive attaches 
to a very small "carrier" (which I've never seen referred to as a caddy) 
that enables it to be slid in and out and replaced if necessary without 
pulling the whole machine apart. It adds hardly anything to the size,, 
but makes for easy replacement of what may be the most failure-prone 
component of any portable device (although I see many reports of 
LCD-screen problems as well).

But this machine also has a space that is normally occupied by a 
DVD-R/CD-RW drive that is removable and can be replaced by a second 
battery, a floppy drive, a second hard disk, or a hollow "filler" for 
use if one really wants to travel light. Since a DVD/CD device must of 
necessity be larger than a 2.5" hard disk, of course there is "wasted 
space" in the caddy that adapts the second hard disk to fit this space 
-- but this is the price of "flexibility."

-=-
Alan


 
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