Fred Cisin wrote:
I think
I'll miss the death-rattle of encountering a bad disk block, or even
the grinding/squealing noise as the surface of a disk falls off and demolishes
the drive head. Any magical "solid state" replacement should really include
audio output and the ability to randomly lose bits of your data... :-)
Ah HA!
THAT is what is missing from simulation!
Well, the weight needs to be right too, so that it hurts appropriately
(according to drive size) when you drop it on your foot ;)