It would seem to me a 1 or 2 gig PCI card or IDE interface memory drive (or even better, a system built into the motherboard) that was bootable could offer a huge advantage even to those who use 10s of gigs of HD. I would think just having the entire operating system and all the DLLs etc. in such a fast device would improve performance. With two gigs or three gigs you could store your most frequently used program files on it and just store all your MP3s, pics, vids on your 'old' platter drive.
I think the ideal would be a motherboard that offered a special ram slot (or two) that accepted 1gig memory modules of some sort and treated it as a drive would be sweet. The motherboard would have to take care of the power concerns but....
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It would seem to me a 1 or 2 gig PCI card or IDE interface memory drive (or even better, a system built into the motherboard) that was bootable could offer a huge advantage even to those who use 10s of gigs of HD. I would think just having the entire operating system and all the DLLs etc. in such a fast device would improve performance. With two gigs or three gigs you could store your most frequently used program files on it and just store all your MP3s, pics, vids on your 'old' platter drive. I think the ideal would be a motherboard that offered a special ram slot (or two) that accepted 1gig memory modules of some sort and treated it as a drive would be sweet. The motherboard would have to take care of the power concerns but....