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Apple and LG plan Flash Laptops

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the what-are-you-wearing-under-there dept.

Lucas123 writes "An article in Computerworld states that Apple and LG each plan to launch new laptops — one that's supposed to ship this month — with hybrid disk drives. The new drives are like hybrid cars in that the NAND flash memory works in conjunction with the spinning disk, kicking in data that can be cached like portions of the operating system, which can make for much faster boot up and resume times."

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  1. Re:OK Sure by tak+amalak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, and can I be the first to coin the term "Flashtops"?

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  2. hybrid by mastershake_phd · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new drives are like hybrid cars

    So they get 50mpg?

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  3. Re:OK Sure by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....people a lot smarter than the average SlashDot reader....

    I hear they're also taller than the average midget...

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  4. Re:We've already got one! by the+darn · · Score: 5, Funny

    You have just missed a Monty Python reference. Please turn in your Slashdot card, as well as any and all other nerd paraphernalia.

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  5. Re:Warranty? by jusdisgi · · Score: 5, Funny

    The new drives are like hybrid cars in that the NAND flash memory works in conjunction with the spinning disk...

    Oh...so that's how hybrid cars work...

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