Why new hard disks might not be much fun for XP users

Ars Technica writes Why new hard disks might not be much fun for XP users "A rather surprising article hit the front page of the BBC on Tuesday: the next generation of hard disks could cause slowdowns for XP users. Not normally the kind of thing you'd expect to be placed so prominently, but the warning it gives is a worthy one, if timed a bit oddly. The world of hard disks is set to change, and the impact could be severe. In the remarkably conservative world of PC hardware, it's not often that a 30-year-old convention gets discarded. Even this change has been almost a decade in the making."

I have to say, while it's a technical article, it's incredibly well written. I found it easy to understand and it seemed to cover all the aspects of the problem. I wish all the articles I read were this good.