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    200GB Laptop HDD

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sam1, Mar 29, 2006.

  1. Sam1

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    Sam1, Mar 29, 2006
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    Very cool. This was also reported yesterday: Link ;)
     
    mach_zero, Mar 29, 2006
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    I am waiting for the Samsung 64GB flash drives. Power consumption is 5% of regular hard-drives! More laptop battery life. No moving parts! Fast! whoa!
     
    arevee, Mar 29, 2006
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    Replace HDD? Any info? Life expectancy?
     
    Sam1, Apr 19, 2006
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    don't forget an extremely limited lifespan as well. hopefully, they can engineer a way around that problem.
     
    drumfu, Apr 19, 2006
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    yeah i reckon memory card based storage will raplace all moving discs such as CDs, HDs etc
     
    Darbyjack, Apr 19, 2006
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    If it is 7200 rpm w/ 16 MB cache we could get some perfomance boost :D
     
    digital8doug, Apr 19, 2006
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    You are right, flash hasn't taken over hard disks in laptops, yet. Flash is the future of portable storage. The future just hasn't arrived yet, i.e. reasonable prices.
     
    nathanhuth, Apr 19, 2006
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    Exactly, prices are still too high and will remain so for a while.
    In MP3 players a 4/6GB flash based costs as much as a 30-60GB HDD based one with tons of extra features. But it is only a matter of time
     
    qwester, Apr 19, 2006
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    I got my 4gb flash mp3 player for $163. Have yet to find a hard drive-based player for that price. A 6gb flash player is on the horizon. Just more signs of the times, prices are dropping on flash memory.
     
    nathanhuth, Apr 19, 2006
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