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Solid State Drives - Fast, Rugged, and Expensive
Nick Breen writes "Are solid state drives becoming a reality? Loyd Case over at ExtremeTech has written an article concerning the current state of SSD with a comparison between a Samsung 64GB SATA and a Super Talent 32GB SATA. While they showed impressive speed rates when placed against a hard disk drive, the occasional sporadic statistic (and high cost) indicate they're not quite ready for the mainstream. Dell and Alienware have been shipping laptops with SSDs for months now, and Apple may be rolling out one of their own next year. Is the time of the solid-state drive almost at hand? Does anyone have any first-hand, practical experience with SSD?"
How's the 800x480 pixel 7" screen working for you though? I haven't run at a resolution that low in almost 15 years. There'd be a *lot* of scrolling, I imagine.... I find I scroll too much on full screen apps, and I'm running on a 15.4" 1680x1050 screen on my laptop. I also get 5h battery life when watching DVDs out of it, or about 7.5h if I'm just typing/surfing.
I think it's cool that you can get a laptop for $400. But there's absolutely no way I'd buy one. The screen is just too small for my use, to say nothing of the resolution. Yes, I paid $1200 more for my laptop. It weighs twice as much, and is nowhere near as portable. But I also got a hell of a lot more functionality out of the transaction, not to mention a battery that lasts more than twice as long. If all you want to do is surf and play video games, I think your money would be better spent buying an entry level laptop from Dell or HP, and tossing in the high capacity battery. It may come out to 50% more, but it'll also give you a *lot* more use.
If you believe everything you read, you'd better not read. - Japanese proverb
Strangely, your insightful post was modded funny. Obviously the mods are just on crack today.
which is totally what she said