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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RE[5]: Performance probs will be gone soonish
by bornagainenguin on Sun 4th Jan 2009 06:30
in reply to "RE[4]: Performance probs will be gone soonish"
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tomcat chimed in with...
Quite right. The reason that Netbooks are popular is primarily because of price. Once the price point rises to the same level as a low-end notebook, you might as well use the notebook -- because the notebook is actually a better deal for the money, in terms of CPU, memory, storage, display, keyboard, expansion, etc.
Yep a low end notebook looks to be a better deal in everything, except mobility...in which case what exactly is the point?
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2006-01-06
Quite right. The reason that Netbooks are popular is primarily because of price. Once the price point rises to the same level as a low-end notebook, you might as well use the notebook -- because the notebook is actually a better deal for the money, in terms of CPU, memory, storage, display, keyboard, expansion, etc.