Lol

id rather have them make the disks smaller and non-moving though, like a 5x5cm square as thick as a dvd that stores 10tb. Then, it would beat flash memory cause of the moving parts, be smaller, so no more 5.25" bays but only 2.5" for both HDDs and "ODD"s... And smaller laptops

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id rather have them make the disks smaller and non-moving though, like a 5x5cm square as thick as a dvd that stores 10tb. Then, it would beat flash memory cause of the moving parts, be smaller, so no more 5.25" bays but only 2.5" for both HDDs and "ODD"s... And smaller laptops

smaller means costing loads of $$$$

nah
cd/dvd drives are only big cause its the only standard size that a CD fits in
if CDs were twice as small
all ODDs would be the size of harddrives

^MiniCDs :P

Actually, optical media is generally not good for writing - even if they could make writing to optical media seamless, there's still a big speed issue.

Optical media is generally good for price - eg, a DVD costs around AU$0.40, and can hold ~4.37GB.  A 4GB USB drive costs a lot more.

if they could make something
like a big light and a lcd filter
to write a cd with just one flash
then it would be cool...

Hahahahahaha, a massive laser :D

who says u need laser :Pcome to think of it

a cd burner's laser is what, 0.1mw? theres 100watt+ lasers out there, meaning if you move it really quickly or diffuse it you should be able to write an entire cd in one shot right?

^^The aim is that the laser is thin enough to etch pits in the disc's tracks.  If you overpower a laser, it'll just burn through the disc.  If you spread it out...  well, it defeats the purpose, as you can no longer etch small pits.

You'd have to have multiple lasers...

or really fast moving mirrors like with showsby the way ye i don't mean laser the entire disc
i mean with a filter/lcd screen somehow so you have the image of any other cd but in one shot

is it rewritable? cause if it is it is just like another harddrive.