On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:59:44PM -0500, David Kelly wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 01:10:41PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote:
> >
> > battery-backed ram sound great for the time being!
> >
> > if not now [this minute], then relatively soon, i'm guessing
> > within a few years somebody will have a solid-state device that emulates
> > the current mechanical technology. it will wind up being considerably
> > faster than the current drives and suck Much less juice.
>
> We are already there. SSDs are not slower than mechanical disk drives,
> they are faster. The only detriments are 1) cost, 2) limited write life.
FOUND IT: URL IS:
Http://www.mydigitaldiscount.com/SPD/runcore-64gb-pata-mini-pci-e-pcie-ssd-for-asus-eee-pc-901-and-1000---backorder-runcore-64gb-pata-mini-pci-e-pcie-ssd-for-asus-eee-pc-901-and-1000--800008DB-1224129741.jsp
YOU were right about the cost. i thought it was half the $220.
the 10k r/w cycle isn't that bad....
>
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