I'm not really a hardware fanatic, but this story from Engadget about a new laptop from Samsung is worth mentioning. This new laptop features a 32GB solid state "flash" drive rather than a traditional hard disk.
Engadget tell us that the "32GB [flash drive] reads 300 percent faster (53MB/s) and write 150 percent quicker (28MB/s) than normal hard drives while offering better protection against shock, 25-50% faster boots and sleep recovery times, longer battery life and reduced weight all in a completely silent, fanless package. Hoozah!".
What we can expect to see is the gap between PDA, mobile phone and laptop only shrink further.
Tags: mobile computing, solid state disk
Tuesday 23 May 2006
Magnetic drives are dead, long live solid state
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