On 21/10/2010, at 4:51 PM, Tom wrote: > Here's a link to a Seattle Times article on the Lion operating system: > <http://tinyurl.com/24jese8> > > I notice that Apple's new laptop computers will have flash drives > instead of hard drives. Does that mean that flash drives will > eventually replace hard drives in all computers, then?
G'day As the cost of flash memory drops, it appears likely that an OS will be developed that uses flash as it's boot and running ram, but hard drives will continue to be used for 'bulk' storage for some time to come. Hard drives offer roughly 20-30 time more storage for the same price as flash, and as still cameras and video continue to increase in their memory usage, they will require more storage on your computer. Hard drives are the only way at present, and may continue to be so as ways such as atomic level tunnelling microscope disks are now being researched. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/32558.wss Regards Santa And what, you ask, was the beginning of it all? And it is this...... Existence that multiplied itself For sheer delight of being And plunged with numberless trillions of forms So that it might find itself innumerably Sri Aurobindo -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
