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    2.5' Flash Disk IDE

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by lowang, Mar 4, 2008.

  1. lowang

    lowang Guest

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    this is a bit of a pipe dream, but this seems like the ultimate drive for a toughbook, or any ruggedized laptop since it has no spinning disk, and connects to existing formats.

    Its completely silent, has a very long life, uses minimal power, and is extremely shock and impact resistant compared to a conventional hard disk. Too bad they are expensive...
    http://www.pqi.com.tw/product2.asp?oid=142&cate1=151&PROID=280

    http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/05/29/pqi.256gb.solid.state/

    one day the price will drop and I'll be able to get one.
     
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  2. pappy42

    pappy42 Notebook Evangelist

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    I guess if you have to ask, you can't afford it; but what is the price?
     
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    ZeroFlight Notebook Evangelist

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    Awhile back I did some research into using flash drives to run from instead of IDE and the comparison tests showed that booting up to and moving around in windows was considerably faster but that once a program that took up multiple threads (like anything by Adobe), or multiple programs ran, it was much slower than a regular 7200 rpm and even some upper scale 5400 rpm drives. That was around the time the first 64gb one came out so things have probably changed a little but sill...
     
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  4. Doobi

    Doobi ToughBook DeityInTraining

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    Really? That is interesting. I wonder why that would be? Any guesses?
     
    Doobi, Mar 4, 2008
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  5. Terminus

    Terminus Notebook Consultant

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    Not to mention a finite write-cycle before it dies.
     
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    $699 for 64GB is the lowest I've seen yet.
     
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    kingstu Notebook Consultant

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    There is quite an extensive writeup here and on tabletpcreview about SSDs. I know Transcend has some drives in the sub $200 range. A state of the art SSD is so much faster than a regular drive in almost all aspects. And the MTBF is much longer for quality SSDs. I guess toughbooks will eventually move to them...at least that is what all the rumors are saying.
     
    kingstu, Mar 4, 2008
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    zorm Notebook Enthusiast

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    If you poke around on newegg and read the reviews for the Transcend and other cheap drives, its generally hinted that they are absolute crap. For my money, this tech isn't up to snuff yet. But I do think it is getting there and it will hopefully be really nice to have one of these days!
     
    zorm, Mar 5, 2008
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  9. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Yeah, I know - they're yummy. Right now, Apple is offering a 64MB in their high end Airbook, and Dell is offering the same size in their high end M1330. Each upgrade model has a number of additional extras besides the flashdrive; but either adds about $800 to the regular joe model.

    mnem<~~~ Still drooling over the AirBook, even though the insurance company finally delivered his new Dell M1330*
     
    mnementh, Mar 5, 2008
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