On Oct 20, 2010, at 10:51 PM, Tom wrote: > 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?
That's been predicted for about 20 years now. Hard drives are one of the few mechanical devices left on computers, and the ones most prone to catastrophic failure (if your optical drive, keyboard or mouse dies, you can keep working, if the HDD goes so does your data ....) They're finally coming down in price thanks, at least in part, to Apple, whose ginormous purchases of flash memory have helped bring about the economies of scale needed. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
