March 8th, 2007

Rumor time. Word on the street is that
Apple will begin shipping a
laptop
later this year with a Nand FLASH memory only
hard drive
. As Computerworld points out, this is the same type of memory found in Apple’s
iPods
. Earlier this month, reports floated in (not on Gadgetreview) that
Samsung has begun shipping a laptop this month with a hybrid drive: a combination of a spinning ‘classic’ hard drive and flash memory. One analyst, name Wu, says that these new Apple notebooks will be known (not called) as subnotebooks and according to him will have a chopped (smaller) down version of Apple’s current operating system (probably to facilitate the smaller storage space as a result of switching to Flash memory only). The flash memory based laptops should allow for a faster start up time, better battery life (less moving parts=less energy consumed) and reduce the risk of lost or damaged information since there no moving parts to break. Prices are still higher for Flash based memory so expect to a pay a premium for these computers, but as we all know, and have seen, Nand Flash memory prices continue to reduce, especially when you have a company like Apple selling millions of iPods that use this type of storage.
The hybrid race is on: Apple and LG plan flash laptops [ComputerWorld]
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