Say goodbye to your harddisk!
Well the one we all have been waiting for, the hard drive less laptop. But didn’t came from Sony, came from the maker of NAND flash drive Samsung. Earlier this year Samsung announced in Korea they are planning to release their first NAND powered computer, and it’s already published in Korean Samsung site. The model is named Q30 SSD (Solid state disks), in few days the ultra portable model will Q1SSD will be also available to Korean consumers. The price for Q30SSD was posted KRW3.5 million (around $3.7K). No word or press release about lunching these models outside Korea.
Solid state disks are NAND flash-based memory drives. This concept isn't entirely new. Digital cameras use flash memory to store pictures, as do many MP3 players to store songs. The main problem with flash-based drives is larger capacities are very expensive and they have limited write cycles. These issues are being overcome though and flash memory has several advantages over hard disk drives like lower power consumption, more durability, more compact size, less heat dissipation, quieter operation and faster speed. The SSD reads 300 percent faster (53MB/s) and writes 150 percent quicker (28MB/s) than normal hard drives. As a result, multiple application programs can operate simultaneously and large volumes of data can be edited and reproduced more efficiently. Microsoft Windows XP will boot up 25-50% faster on the SSD than on other drives. Moreover, the typical 1.8-inch hard disk drive weighs around 50 grams; whereas the SSD is 20 to 30 grams lighter, depending on the package type.
The key specification of Q30 SSD: 32 GB NAND flash drive, Li-ion Battery, DVMT Video memory, Intel GMA 900 graphics card, Embedded DMB, 83-key Korean keypad, Intel Celeron M753 (1.2GHz), 12.1-inch screen. It’s a super ultra thin laptop just 1.14 KG weight. Extra customizations are also available such as memory upgrade, extended 6-cell battery etc. That’s best could be extracted so far about Q30-SSD, since none of the translating software can fully translate Korean. Korean Home shopping Network cable Chanel is already advertising this product, but also in Korean language.
The expectation is building up for hard drive less computer. Samsung already make an arrangement with both Apple and Sony to deliver NAND flash drive, which means those two will also humming in to bring some new gadgets powered with NAND.
Source: [ZDnet Korea, Samsung Korea,Notebook21 Korea, hotnote korea,Notebokknara]
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Samsung Q30-SSD Notebook
The key specification of Q30 SSD: 32 GB NAND flash drive, Li-ion Battery, DVMT Video memory, Intel GMA 900 graphics card, Embedded DMB, 83-key Korean keypad, Intel Celeron M753 (1.2GHz), 12.1-inch screen. It’s a super ultra thin laptop just 1.14 KG weight. Extra customizations are also available such as memory upgrade, extended 6-cell battery etc. That’s best could be extracted so far about Q30-SSD, since none of the translating software can fully translate Korean. Korean Home shopping Network cable Chanel is already advertising this product, but also in Korean language.
The expectation is building up for hard drive less computer. Samsung already make an arrangement with both Apple and Sony to deliver NAND flash drive, which means those two will also humming in to bring some new gadgets powered with NAND.
Source: [ZDnet Korea, Samsung Korea,Notebook21 Korea, hotnote korea,Notebokknara]
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Yes it has much higher protection of data security. Since you can password protect it.
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US $ mate
Already it's available in china, hongkong, singapore based online shops. Some gossip that russians are also selling this, but just gossip, no trail yet.
can it withstand power cutoff (does it retain memory?)
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Yes high-tech Gadgets are pricy always. Nothing we can do, research needs cash.
And if you are asking does it contain cach-memory in case of power fail. If you already used any smart phone, that use memory stick, you might already know, power failure dose not wipe off memory, same goes with SSD. And as i know SSD have a larger cach-memory compare to traditional HDD.
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Search engine, Feed search, News, Press release, Shopping network..personal contact,......all sorts.
You never know what pops up where. Better to keep eyes and ear open for stories.
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For example -------
1.a long list of Feed subscription from all the sources
2.some tools that alert you if any specific topic news pops out, news and press alert. like-google news, CNN, Wallstreet,ZDnet etc.
3. Few sites related to my interest i visit first, when i am on.
4. Finally personal contacts, keep in touch with them often, so that they know you are alive
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A long time ago mate, 1999. With one of my friend who is a NRI, living in England. Went to attend his sister's wedding.
I seem to have installed so many applications that it still takes forever to load. I probably spend the
equivalent of 2 weeks of the year sitting in front of my computer waiting for it to boot up!
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If i may suggest if you need to many program, atleast keep the most important one On_load status only. Rest just remove from startup lists. So that during boot up those won't take up the memories.
Aaron.
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