From: "Glenn Meadows" 

And if they can shrink the size, what's to prevent adding a second one, for
dual drives?  One removeable.

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Glenn M.
"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in
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> Prices appear to be coming down. SanDisk has a 32 GB drive -
> unfortunately OEM only - no retail
>
> http://www.hardmac.com/news/2007-03-14/#6529
>
> New Flash Memory-Based HD from SanDisk
>
> This HD features 32GB storage capacity with a SATA interface.
> Its MTBF is evaluated to 2 millions hours, and data transfer speed are
> 67MB/s in reading and 45MB/s in writing mode, with an access time of 0.11
> ms in other words 100 times faster than a plate-based HD.
> In addition, power consumption of this flash memory-based HD is 50% lower
> than a 2.5" HD during reading/writing session, as it does not require
> power when it is idle.
>
> The last good news is its price, as it will be offer to OEM at US$350; so
> far there is no plan for a retailed version.
>
> So the perfect storage unit for the rumored Apple subnotebook? if it is
> powered by MacOSX Leopard Mobile, it would give users around 27GB for
> storing data and appl
>
> "mike"  wrote in message
> news:tkvlv2da1d7ap66g76mp5aiurnad231rm5{at}4ax.com...
>>
>>
>> Intel is throwing their hat into the ring, meaning that the market for
>> this stuff is about to explode (IMO).
>>
>> http://www.techshout.com/hardware/2007/15/z-u130-nand-flash-memory-based-val
ue-solid-state-drive-unveiled-by-intel/
>>
>>
>>  /m
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:01:53 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>Samsung's UMPC entry the Q1P SSD with 32GB of SSD (solid-state NAND)
>>>flash
>>>memory is double the price of their UMPC Q1 with a conventional drive and
>>>Samsung is one of the largest makers of NAND.  Right now I think
>>>Microsoft
>>>/Vista has the correct approach with ReadyBoost and flash.
>>>
>>>Of course if NAND prices ever plummet ..........
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>"mike"  wrote in message
>>>news:avi8v2p23audefsihfkgol1h684658441p{at}4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:56:55 -0400, "Rich Gauszka"
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hopefully they'll use an exceptional algorithm to access the NAND
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
>>>>
>>>> /m
>>>
>
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