applematters.com— Could flash based technology be the key to slimming down the next-gen PowerBooks? If not the Powerbooks, then possibly an Apple tablet? Food for thought.
Sep 17, 2005View in Crawl 4
I saw some solid state Hard drives less then a year ago but they were something like $500 a gig, sooooooo this isn't coming to laptops anytime soon lol unless you spend on spending a lot on a laptop.
What about a portable Applec computer? What about a dvorak corded keyboard?The flash technology may work for a portable computer, but it should have a smaller (and functional) keyboard.
sneakerelph I'm looking for the program I used but I cant find the link. It might be OOB by now. Maybe I can find one that does the same thing for you.
The flash memory is 16 Gb (little "b"), but when combined in 16 x 16 configurations, this will allow for 32 GB (big "B") flash memory cards. A Mac Powerbook laptop with two 32 GB flash cards in it for storage would absolutely rule.
I thought of this ages ago (Solid state harddrives).. It's completely possible, look how much a 32mb flash drive was a year ago.. Now you can buy a 1GB flash drive for ?70.As for it having a limited nmber of read/writes.. I'm sure, that given some work, it could easily outlive a normal HD. Solid state = no moving parts, normal HD's have lots of spining parts that could fail fair more easilyIt's just getting the techology initaly used, as they'll be expesnive at first..Buut, it'll be a hell of a lot faster (no harddrive spinning up)- Ben
Killasta43 I don't know if your still reading this but I thought i should still answer your question. You mount the game in ram. Play it for as long as you want. And when your done you let it get erased from ram when you turn off the comp. I was up looking all night trying to find the program to mount a virtual disk in ram to do this but its been so Long since I ran an windows box and I forgot the name. If anyone knows a program please post here for a nostalgic old man.
Yes, I am still reading this :P. Thank you for the response. I am planning on switching to a a Linux platform soon anyway because Vista is going to be so expensive and "followed by microsoft". I don't want them watching my every move.Thanx again.
captsnuffySep 17, 2005
I think it's an obvious point, in the future everthing will be solid state.
matrixsjdSep 17, 2005
I saw some solid state Hard drives less then a year ago but they were something like $500 a gig, sooooooo this isn't coming to laptops anytime soon lol unless you spend on spending a lot on a laptop.
anagamiSep 17, 2005
What about a portable Applec computer? What about a dvorak corded keyboard?The flash technology may work for a portable computer, but it should have a smaller (and functional) keyboard.
mojofrojoSep 18, 2005
sneakerelph I'm looking for the program I used but I cant find the link. It might be OOB by now. Maybe I can find one that does the same thing for you.
charlotte_webSep 18, 2005
The flash memory is 16 Gb (little "b"), but when combined in 16 x 16 configurations, this will allow for 32 GB (big "B") flash memory cards. A Mac Powerbook laptop with two 32 GB flash cards in it for storage would absolutely rule.
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I thought of this ages ago (Solid state harddrives).. It's completely possible, look how much a 32mb flash drive was a year ago.. Now you can buy a 1GB flash drive for ?70.As for it having a limited nmber of read/writes.. I'm sure, that given some work, it could easily outlive a normal HD. Solid state = no moving parts, normal HD's have lots of spining parts that could fail fair more easilyIt's just getting the techology initaly used, as they'll be expesnive at first..Buut, it'll be a hell of a lot faster (no harddrive spinning up)- Ben
mojofrojoSep 18, 2005
Killasta43 I don't know if your still reading this but I thought i should still answer your question. You mount the game in ram. Play it for as long as you want. And when your done you let it get erased from ram when you turn off the comp. I was up looking all night trying to find the program to mount a virtual disk in ram to do this but its been so Long since I ran an windows box and I forgot the name. If anyone knows a program please post here for a nostalgic old man.
killasta43Sep 20, 2005
Yes, I am still reading this :P. Thank you for the response. I am planning on switching to a a Linux platform soon anyway because Vista is going to be so expensive and "followed by microsoft". I don't want them watching my every move.Thanx again.
dimplemonkeySep 27, 2006Submitter
So any chance this may still happen? Perhaps on a smaller scale with the MacBook?