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    When will we start seeing flash memory replace hard disk drives?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sp00n, Oct 21, 2006.

  1. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Do the up coming Santa Rosa notebooks have flash memory of some sort? How much battery life improvement can we expect?
     
    sp00n, Oct 21, 2006
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    streather Notebook Evangelist

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    i don't think flash memory is practical for use in a pc or laptop as flash memory has a limited number of read/write cycles before it becomes useless
     
    streather, Oct 21, 2006
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    I believe the Santa Rosa line has about 512MB of NAND. NO battery improvement, performance improvement.
     
    Qhs, Oct 22, 2006
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