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.
Thread beginning with comment 341953
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
To view parent comment, click here.
To read all comments associated with this story, please click here.
RE[3]: Performance probs will be gone soonish
by sbergman27 on Wed 31st Dec 2008 04:07
in reply to "RE[2]: Performance probs will be gone soonish"
Member since:2005-07-24
RE[4]: Performance probs will be gone soonish
by weildish on Wed 31st Dec 2008 08:26
in reply to "RE[3]: Performance probs will be gone soonish"
Member since:2008-12-06
While we're reminiscing (sorry to get slightly off-topic), I didn't get this drive-- my dad did, back in the 80's... I'm not sure of the price, but I think he paid $1,000 for a 1 GB SCSI hard drive that was the size and thickness of... maybe one of HP's micro towers they're selling these days. It even had its own cooling fan. All for a black-and-white screened Macintosh Plus. Ah, how I miss playing Arkanoid on that beast. 
Recent Original Stories
Recent Comments
Headlines
Random Comments
Random Stories
Random OS Link
Member since:
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.