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Back when the early iPods actually contained a spinning hard drive, they had something similar. If it detected a fall, it would quickly park the hard drive to a

Back when the early iPods actually contained a spinning hard drive, they had something similar. If it detected a fall, it would quickly park the hard drive to avoid damage.

esseph 1y ago
Same for ThinkPads.
- mikestew 1y ago
  And MacBook Pros. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Motion_Sensor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_Motion_Sensor Though I don't recall iPods having that feature, nor can I find anything online supporting that claim.
  - numpad0 1y ago
    Macs had it as a machine feature. All others had it in the drives themselves.
    - esseph 1y ago
      That is not true Lenovo/IBM have a Free Fall Sensor in the laptop. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/glossary/ffs/ https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/glossary/ffs/