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Seagate to Offer Solid State Drives in 2008

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the takes-a-lickin' dept.

Lucas123 writes "Seagate will introduce drives based on flash memory in various storage capacities across its range of products including desktop and notebook PCs, according to Sumner Lemon at IDG News Service. The drives are expected to consume less power (longer battery life), offer faster data transfer rates and be more rugged than spinning disk, which has moving parts that can be damaged from an impact."

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  1. why wait for 2008 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I prefer my news in the here and now. Like, here and now, I just let a voluminous, airy, nose hair curling ass bomb fly. It is virtually driving me out of my office at this point. A smattering of sulfur combined with an exquisite fecal odor, oh my.