We keep on hitting storage barriers with 3.5" hard drives. Now, we have to go the next step with perpedicular recording, which keeps storage densities rising, but eventually yes we will hit the barrier we were expecting to hit.
So why doesn't anyone make 5.25" hard drives?
The PC infrastructure is already in place, many computers nowadays come with empty 5.25" bays that aren't used. The 5.25" hard drive could keep with the SATA standard, but obviously having 5.25" of horizontal space makes for larger platters and solving storage issues quite easily.
So why not?
So why doesn't anyone make 5.25" hard drives?
The PC infrastructure is already in place, many computers nowadays come with empty 5.25" bays that aren't used. The 5.25" hard drive could keep with the SATA standard, but obviously having 5.25" of horizontal space makes for larger platters and solving storage issues quite easily.
So why not?