Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Dec 2008 21:29 UTC
While solid state drives are very well suited for netbooks from a power efficiency viewpoint, they pose problems when it comes to capacity (and performance, but that's another matter). In order to combat this issue, MSI has launched a new netbook with a hybrid approach to storage: it has a solid state drive for the operating system and applications, and a conventional hard drive for storage.
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2008-07-15
Quite true, for now. SsD's are still relatively new, as compared to standard magnetic hard drives. The more widespread they become, the more the price will drop. You couldn't always get an 80 gb, 7200 RPM hard drive for $60 USD, I remember when a 6.5 gb would run $120 USD easy, and that wasn't even a fast drive by today's standards. However, there's no telling when high quality SSDs will come down in price, and it probably won't happen for another couple of years yet, at least. This hybrid approach looks interesting for the interim.