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Samsung's Hybrid Hard Drive Exposed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the under-the-hood dept.

Erica Campbell writes "Samsung is preparing to release a new Flash memory-assisted computer hard drive that boasts improved performance, reduced energy consumption, a faster boot time, and better reliability. The new hybrid hard drive will be released around the same time as the upcoming Windows Vista operating system and will be one of the first hardware designed specifically to benefit from it."

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  1. TWO WORDS : by unity100 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seagate


    Silent

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  2. Re:Why does the CF have to go on the disk? by dfghjk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, I would have posted this as an AC too.

    Mod -1 stupid.

  3. Re:Has it changed in 3 years? by smittyoneeach · · Score: 0, Troll

    You make Theo de Raadt's point very nicely.
    I bought a 300MB Seagate IDE drive and tried to install OpenBSD3.9 thereon.
    Install was OK, but when I tried to compile some larger ports, the drive would error-out and the system locked hard.
    Installed a new IDE controller (as the motherboard is relatively old), but problem no fix-fix.
    Put in an older, smaller unit, all is good.
    Gave the drive to a friend who runs Windows, who uses it happily.
    My conclusion is that there are some ghosts in the machine.
    Better documentation could be used for an exorcism.
    Seagate: you draw vacuum.

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  4. Re:What's so special about Vista? by BigDogCH · · Score: 0, Troll

    And why are they needed? I have had an unpatched Windows system my entire life without problems. A robust firewall setup (hardware and software), along with being a responsible user, and you shouldn't have to worry about security holes. I run no antivirus protection, and haven't in almost 10 years (I did run antivirus protection when I lived in a dorm and had people using the floppy drive constantly to check their email...it was some screwy campus email system which was plagued with boot sector viruses).

    So, no antivirus, no security updates, yet no spyware and no viruses. Luck? I don't think so.....just avoid using MS products for email and internet access, and don't install random crap that you find on the internet. I have had hundreds of customers who run the latest updates, the biggest and best security software, and yet end up hiring me to remove malware from their system.

    I use my system very heavily, running 2 virtual machines, playing a ton of games, and some programming. The uptime is currently at about a month. If your system is unstable, try looking at your drivers or hardware. If you have viruses or spyware, try looking at your users.