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Dell Releases Flash-Based Laptops
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.'"
... welcome our 32GB SanDisk Flash hard drive in our laptop overlords. Dammmit. That sucked so bad.
We figured out a long time ago that it's easier to elect seven judges than to elect 132 legislators.
... aren't made by their battery division. ;-)
How would I know if the HDD failed if it no longer has the "click of death"?
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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.
You're not one of those people who prefer a nipple to a touchpad, are you?
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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