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SanDisk’s Fast SSDs Mean Faster Netbooks

Jay Bika — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:03:58 +0000

What difference does having your netbook boot up twice make in your life? How about apps that launch even faster? SanDisk has a few SSDs in the works that promise to make netbooks faster. SSDs are faster than traditional hard drives so SanDisk sees an opportunity with the forthcoming pSSD-P2 and pSSD-S2 SSDs.

See: SanDisk Launches Fast SSDs for Netbook Market

What in the World Is a Hybrid Netbook? MSI Wind U115 Has an Answer

Jay Bika — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:13:19 +0000

When I first read about the MSI Wind U115 hybrid netbook in late November, I wondered what hybrid implied: environment friendly or a mix of two different portable computer categories?

It turns out that I was wrong on both counts. The MSI Wind U115 netbook has to hard drives. One to improve performance and the other to store data. This world’s first is a pretty neat concept as it also improves battery life. Today, it has been made official by MSI.

See: MSI Wind U115 Is a Hybrid: Packs SSD and HDD and MSI Officially Intros the U115 Hybrid Netbook

Almost Everything You Need to Know About Solid-State Drives (SSD)

Jay Bika — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:38:48 +0000

While I know all about SSDs and what important role they play in the netbook era, I have a hard time explaining to someone who has no idea what solid-state drives are without getting lost into jargon and confusing the poor listener or reader.

The New York Times comes to rescue thankfully and breaks it down in an easy to understand format. Computing Without a Whirring Drive