"...not long from now we'll have one terabyte (TB) hard drives and 4TB desktop machines."

We already have 1TB hard drives and we already have 4TB desktop machines. So no need for this tech then?!?

Or it could be Hitachi meant 1TB notebook drives and 4TB hard drives. In that case Hitachi would make sense but this write-up still wouldn’t if it doesn’t get corrected.
I would like to thank "Sticy" Fingers for the correction...
I know, it's Monday.
"...not long from now we'll have one terabyte (TB) hard drives and 4TB desktop machines."

We already have 1TB hard drives and we already have 4TB desktop machines. So no need for this tech then?!?

Or it could be Hitachi meant 1TB notebook drives and 4TB hard drives. In that case Hitachi would make sense but this write-up still wouldn’t if it doesn’t get corrected.
methinks they were actually talking 'platters' ... less platters, less size/weight/heat/complexity...