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Dell Releases Flash-Based Laptops

Posted by Zonk on from the welcome-to-the-world-of-tomorrow dept.

joetheprogrammer writes "Dell has announced that they are going to offer a special configuration option with its Latitude D420 laptop that will allow users to swap clunky old HDs in favor of a 32GB SanDisk Flash hard drive. The only hitch comes with the price tag, which is set at a rather expensive price of $549. This will definitely ensure the laptop is set for a very high-profile consumer. 'The 1.8-inch 32GB SanDisk SSD, which SanDisk announced in January, increases performance by as much as 23 percent and is three and a half times less likely to fail when compared with HDDs currently available for the Latitude line, Dell said. The drive, currently available in North and South America, costs $549 -- on par with the 32GB drive Sony is offering exclusively in Japan for the Type-G Vaio. SanDisk will expand SSD availability to Europe and Asia in the near future.'"

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  1. I for one... by Corpuscavernosa · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... welcome our 32GB SanDisk Flash hard drive in our laptop overlords. Dammmit. That sucked so bad.

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    1. Re:I for one... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      For you. I have fat fingers. I've tried using those keyboards, and it's nearly impossible for me to type with any accuracy because my fingers have a tendency to hit the neighboring keys...

      LOL YOU MUST BE INCREDIBLY FAT THEN

      ...And no, I'm not incredibly fat.

      Dammit.

  2. I hope the Sony drives ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... aren't made by their battery division. ;-)

  3. How would I know if the HDD failed... by ForestGrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    How would I know if the HDD failed if it no longer has the "click of death"?

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  4. Wowie! by Wylfing · · Score: 1, Funny

    Flesh-based laptops, woohoo!

    Oh...darn.

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    1. Re:Wowie! by ettlz · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're not one of those people who prefer a nipple to a touchpad, are you?

  5. Re:This could be useful by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Isn't the minimum disk requirement for Windows Vista set at 40GB? I'm not sure if you would have enough room on a 32GB flash drive to run Vista and minesweeper.

  6. Re:This could be useful by Celt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dell have a special OEM version of Vista that doesn't include minesweeper, this free's up 10GB and allows it to run on the flash drive

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