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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. We've already got one! by scriptedfate · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's-a vehrry naice

  2. Re:drives are like hybrid cars by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Just like a hybrid car, with one engine that runs on gasoline, another on electricity. And then it switches to whatever is most efficient for the particular purpose.

    Or did someone already use the car analogy?

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