macrumors.com— ...Apple will be making headlines in the next weeks-to-months related to the iPod Touch, iPhone and ultra-portable laptop.
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Generally speaking Flash memory storage uses significantly less power than a HDD because most of the power used in a HDD is used for the physical aspect of the device - spin up, spin down, etc - then storing the actual data. Obviously comparisons will vary wildly based on how much the drive is accessed during a given period, the size of the cache file, manufacturer, etc, but I think it would be safe to say that power usage would be 50% less for Flash vs. HDD. This could have a big impact on a device that small (less power used for that small display, so HDD becomes a bigger portion of the total machine's power usage). These are all just kind of rough estimations, though
adonaiDec 6, 2007
Generally speaking Flash memory storage uses significantly less power than a HDD because most of the power used in a HDD is used for the physical aspect of the device - spin up, spin down, etc - then storing the actual data. Obviously comparisons will vary wildly based on how much the drive is accessed during a given period, the size of the cache file, manufacturer, etc, but I think it would be safe to say that power usage would be 50% less for Flash vs. HDD. This could have a big impact on a device that small (less power used for that small display, so HDD becomes a bigger portion of the total machine's power usage). These are all just kind of rough estimations, though
rambleDec 6, 2007
Flash drives use less power than HDDs.
Closed AccountDec 7, 2007
Thank you for sharing that with us.
phoompDec 7, 2007
Correction correction:"Apple will be making headlines" (whether it deserves them or not)
kuttanDec 7, 2007
3G iPhone , sweet!!, I could ditch my N75 for that one.