News Nintendo reveals Wii storage patch

[CardJoe]

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/10...torage-patch/1

As of Spring 2009, Nintendo has announced that Wii users will be able to download games straight to an SD card to help compensate for poor storage.

[SNIPERMikeUK]

About time Nintendo sorted this 512mb is a joke, my only gripe is the storage problems with my wii.... Nearly filled with Vcon & WiiWare and Saves.

[Leitchy]

I doubt they will do an Official Hard Drive due to the news that a software patch for the Wii lets you play ISO's directly off portable storage. Its still early days on the patch, but I think they proved it worked a few weeks ago.

[ChuckyP83]

The Wii's internal drive is flash. Just wanted to throw that out there. As saying disk drive implies that there are disks...
Speaking of which, is it disk or disc? Whats the differece? CDs are Compact Discs, but theres a Floppy Disk, and Hard Disk Drives.... So confusing.

edit: I suppose I can contribute tot he discussion too.
I think the idea of an external drive, like a 2.5" or 1.8" HDD over USB on is a stupid idea. The last thing I need is more boxes and cables underneath my TV, I dotn care how small and white and cute it would be. They should make a memory block that plugs into the USB ports. By block, I mean that its physically a block and doesn't stick out an inch or two like normal USB sticks. That way they could keep it in line with the Wii design and not block other ports and whatnot.

[Volund]

Originally Posted by ChuckyP83

CDs are Compact Discs, but theres a Floppy Disk, and Hard Disk Drives.... So confusing.

Not really... they are all different types of disks (if you open them up).

CD- Well, that's obvious
Floppy- has a disk inside of the plastic housing
HDD- Has platters (disks) inside.

[CardJoe]

And SSDs - Solid State Disks

[HourBeforeDawn]

what about a firmware update to allow larger then 2gb SD cards to be read or is that more of a hardware issue?

[badders]

Originally Posted by ChuckyP83

Speaking of which, is it disk or disc? Whats the differece? CDs are Compact Discs, but theres a Floppy Disk, and Hard Disk Drives.... So confusing.

Originally Posted by Yahoo Answers

The best discussion of “Disk vs. Disk” was found at the following URL: http://dictionary.laborlawtalk.com/Disk
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The divergence in spelling is due in part to the way in which the words originated. Disk came into the English language in the mid-17th century, and was modelled on words such as whisk; disc arose some time later, and was based on the original Latin root discus. In the 19th century, disc became the conventional spelling for audio recordings made on a flat plate, such as the gramophone record; this usage gave rise to the modern term disc jockey. Early BBC technicians differentiated between disks (in-house transcription records) and discs (the colloquial term for commercial gramophone records, or what the BBC dubbed CGRs).
By the 20th century, the c-spelling was more popular in British English, while the k-spelling was preferred in American English. In the 1940s, when the American company IBM pioneered the first hard disk storage devices, the k-spelling was used. In 1979 the European company Philips, along with Sony, developed the compact disc medium; here, the c-spelling was chosen, possibly because of the predominating British spelling, or because the compact disc was seen as a successor to the analogue disc record.
Whatever their heritage, in computer jargon today it is common for the k-spelling to refer mainly to magnetic storage devices, while the c-spelling is customary for optical media such as the compact disc and similar technologies. Even in the computing field, however, the terms are used inconsistently; software documentation often uses the k-spelling exclusively.
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6212822AAnUK2M

[ChuckyP83]

Originally Posted by badders

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6212822AAnUK2M

Its all clear. Now I can sleep at night

[ChuckyP83]

Originally Posted by Volund

Not really... they are all different types of disks (if you open them up).

CD- Well, that's obvious
Floppy- has a disk inside of the plastic housing
HDD- Has platters (disks) inside.

I got that. I was talking about the spelling. I am aware of the differences between magnetic and optical disks. I was just being a jackass, haha.

[SaNdCrAwLeR]

Originally Posted by CardJoe

And SSDs - Solid State Disks

Solid State DRIVES :P

[themax]

Too little too late for me. I decided against downloading much from Wiiware and VC since there was very little space to store. I got Ocarina of Time and that was it for me.