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#1 mark64

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 06:09 PM

Falling prices for nonvolatile flash memory have prompted some notebook manufacturers to go beyond hybrid disks and announce systems that replace the entire hard disk with a solid-state disk (SSD). In June, Samsung Electronics Co. introduced two notebooks for the Korean market -- the Samsung Q1 and Q30 -- that use a 32GB flash-based SSD that looks like a standard 1.5-in. ATA hard disk drive. In July, Sony Corp. launched the Vaio UX90 micronotebook, which includes a 16GB SSD, for sale in Japan and China.

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 06:32 PM

um, this has already been posted by nvyseal...(mark, is that you?)

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 06:44 PM

Oppps sorry,
and I was trying to be a good active poster to generate some interest among the viewers

Mo, you have the power to do what you needs to be done.
I dont mind either

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 06:46 PM

:rofl: :rofl:

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 07:06 PM

View Postm.oreilly, on Aug 27 2006, 02:32 PM, said:

...(mark, is that you?)

Yes Mo, its me, Immmmm Baaack

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 07:23 PM

If it makes you feel better I hadn't seen this yet so thanks!!!

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Posted 27 August 2006 - 07:38 PM

View Postchriso_86, on Aug 27 2006, 03:23 PM, said:

If it makes you feel better I hadn't seen this yet so thanks!!!

I do feel better.

:rofl: :rofl:




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