Solid-State Flash-Drives

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   Toshiba has announced that they will begin manufacturing flash-based solid state drives early next year.  These new storage devices offer many different advantages when compared to contemporary hard drives most notably faster load times and they make no noise.

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alexjsolis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: Jul/16/2007 Location: Oxford Ohio Online Status: Offline Posts: 517	Quote Reply Topic: Solid-State Flash-Drives Posted: Dec/10/2007 at 3:36pm
	Toshiba has announced that they will begin manufacturing flash-based solid state drives early next year. These new storage devices offer many different advantages when compared to contemporary hard drives most notably faster load times and they make no noise. See here to find more information about Solid State Flash Drives.

Josh Van Cleave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/24/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 845	Quote Reply Posted: Dec/10/2007 at 4:47pm
	These are very pricey compared to standard drives, you can get one for around 100 bucks if you are willing to settle for 8 or 16 gigs of space. http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=636&Tpk=solid+state+drive Their day will come though.
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arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/26/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1270	Quote Reply Posted: Dec/11/2007 at 3:17pm
	They are pricey but from what I read Toshiba has cut a deal with a manufacturer that will give them the pricing they need to make them affordable in their notebooks at sizes that are in the 80GB range.
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Bill Rogers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: Mar/23/2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 150	Quote Reply Posted: Dec/12/2007 at 11:00am
	I've seen gaming buddies discussing using 'ram drives' on forums to speed up load times, is this a similar concept?

arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/26/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1270	Quote Reply Posted: Dec/12/2007 at 11:33am
	Yes, But in that context the RAM drive was a second drive made of memory chips while the new laptop would have its standard C: drive made entirely of memory chips.
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arwendt Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/26/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 1270	Quote Reply Posted: Dec/14/2007 at 8:22am
	Good question and I have not seen anyting on that. It would be interesting to see how they compare to a standard hard drive when it comes to life expectancy.
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Josh Van Cleave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: Oct/24/2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 845	Quote Reply Posted: Dec/14/2007 at 9:35am
	I believe their life expectancy is similar to flash RAM, longer than a standard HDD because there are no moving parts. These are the future I believe, like all new technology it is just going to take some time.
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