On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:03 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > > > 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.
Flash will become more common as a replacement for hard disks. But HDs will still beat out Flash for the foreseeable future for large capacity storage, it is going to take a while before some kind of solid state storage beats rotating magnetic storage in $/byte. You don't need to develop an OS that uses flash, the are lots of Flash drives now that are SATA drives and can be used just like a SATA HD. Flash isn't going to replace RAM, at least not for a long time. Flash isn't anywhere near as fast as RAM. Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
