Optical's Cookin'
Written on January 1st , 2026 by Tech Ads
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INTRODUCING THE PINNACLE APEX 4.6 GB’ OPTICAL HARD DRIVE
THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH IN STORAGE
The only two advantages magnetic hard drives held over
optical drives have now been eliminated. In both price and
performance, the new Pinnacle Apex 4.6 GB is the first optical
drive to totally cook magnetic hard drives.
e Faster than average hard drive (throughput 6 MB/sec max)
e Less expensive than hard drives of equal size
¢ Enormous 4.6 Gigabyte capacity per disk
¢ Unlimited capacity - just add another disk
¢ Direct Overwrite media (one-pass write)
e Greater reliability and durability than hard drives
¢ Removable disks allow easy portability and security
THE CROSSOVER IN STORAGE TECHNOLOGY
We've always known that some day optical drives would replace
magnetic hard drive technology in the computer industry.
Simply put: optics are superior to magnetics. The numerous
limitations of hard drives make this fact obvious. Hard drives
crash, they're a pain to move around, they fill up too quickly,
and you constantly have to back them up.... So why do we buy
these things? Because up until now, we’ve never had an alterna-
tive that offered the speed, price and capacity of the Pinnacle
Apex 4.6 GB optical drive. The Apex signals the dawn of a new
era in computer storage.
DESIGNED FOR ALL YOUR STORAGE NEEDS
The Apex’s combination of high capacity, impressive speed and
removable/portable media make it the ideal storage device for
a broad range of applications:
¢ Graphics/Desktop Publishing « General Data Storage
° Digital Video * Digital Audio « Data Archiving
No matter what your application, the Apex’s recipe of price-
performance, removability, and reliability make it the obvious
choice over magnetic hard drives. With its removable
disks, it's the last storage system you'll ever need to
buy - the revolutionary Pinnacle Apex 4.6 GB optical
hard drive. Now that we've whetted your appetite, satis-
fy your hunger for storage with the hottest drive ever.
To order or for a dealer near you call:
1-800-553-7070
“Barbecue Bill” Blum
President & CEO
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‘Optical’s Cookin’’
Magneto-optical drives - such as the Pinnacle Micro Apex 4.6 GB - filled an interesting niche in the mid 90s. Cheaper and more resilient than traditional hard drives and with a rewrite option unavailable to the then expensive CD-R disks, they offered a large capacity portable medium that only really competed with tape.
Contemporary notes are available from digial-photograpy.org and kaisernet.org.
Taken from: MacWorld - December 1995
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