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Flash Drives in Future Apple Laptops?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the shock-proof-storage dept.

danscript writes "Samsung hopes that falling prices for flash-memory chips will mean solid-state memory can eventually replace hard-disk drives in Apple PowerBooks and iBooks as well as other devices, Macworld UK is reporting. The benefits? - silent; less power; reliable and faster."

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  1. Flash by Zlib+pt · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'm sorry sir. You can only install OSX 10 times. Then you ran out of read/write operations"

    1. Re:Flash by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Funny
      IIRC the numbers are good enough that they would probably live as long if not longer than your average laptop HDDs.

      the only people who might possibly run into the write limit would be Gentoo users...

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    2. Re:Flash by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 2, Funny
      last time I chekced my USB flash drive was a shitload slower than my hard disk. ;)

      I don't think you can measure speed in shitloads. Say, you didn't have anything to do with that Kessel Run timing, did you?

      (Yeah, I saw the smiley.)

    3. Re:Flash by Shanep · · Score: 2, Funny

      What's happening Flash?

      Gordon's alive!!!

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      War crimes, torture, lies, illegal spying... Would someone give Bush a blowjob, already, so he can be impeached?
  2. Won't Happen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that the idea has been leaked Apple won't do it even if they were planning to.

    1. Re:Won't Happen by rednip · · Score: 2, Funny
      No No you misuderstood. Someone leaked that they were NOT going to swich to intel so they had to
      Well, I've heard from a 'very' reliable source in Apple, that they will not be giving a free notebook to anyone with the Slashdot nick of "rednip".
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  3. extra bonus by justforaday · · Score: 3, Funny

    The extra bonus: Apple gets to sell you a new one after 1,000 or so boots... : p

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    1. Re:extra bonus by rokzy · · Score: 4, Funny

      who is booting a Mac 1000 times?

      you're obviously a Windows user.

    2. Re:extra bonus by justforaday · · Score: 2, Funny

      Install OS 9 on it and it won't even last 6 months... : p

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      I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
  4. Re:Too Bad pn Junctions cost more than magnets by Metaphorically · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's the one. I must be bad with names; bubble memory is what I call those flashbacks of what my paycheck looked like 5 years ago.

    Still keeps me up some nights.

    ... if you listen close, you can hear the quiet sobbing

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  5. Re:Flash Memory? by ettlz · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...requires you to wear an oxygen mask at higher altitudes. In which case, even "mustache wax" can be a fire starter.

    Is this something the RAF found out to the detriment of several pilots?

  6. Re:Flash still has lots of room to grow by bwalling · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, what's the point of a "portable" computer if you have to plug it in all the time?!

    Given the complete scarcity of electrical outlets, I'd have to agree with you!