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1TB external hard drive with no power cord required (runs on USB 2.0)

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As I understand, a 1TB external hard drive with no power cord requirement (just USB 2.0) is not available today.

Will one be available in the forseable future? 6 months? 1 year? Any thoughts would be welcome.

-Alok

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Not likely. The external hard drives that do not require a power cord are all based on notebook hard drives, due to their lower power requirements. The sacrifice is in capacity though - the largest current ones are only 500GB, and they aren't likely to reach a TB very soon. Maybe in a year and a half or so?

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