On Oct 21, 11:13 am, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: > 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.
translation, not anytime soon. tho' a mechanical device, a HD's reliable life is still more than one order of magnitude greater than the best (most expensive) SSD currently available. SSD's have a finite number of read/write cycles that just doesn't compare to a well- built HD (quantum, seagate, maxtor). if you made a SSD your boot drive (meaning you would be reading and writing more or less constantly) you can expect it to have a safe reliable life of 2-3 years. you wanna put your money and data into one of those, knock yourself up. i have HD's that are over 10 y old, and still do not have a single bad sector. only trouble is they are small. but then again, so are the SSD's that cost less than a used car. and btw, from what i've read, people here are not so concerned that their old hardware and software are becoming obsolete, as they are concerned that the new stuff coming out is actually inferior, even if it is able to run the latest apps and stream the latest version of flash, it's a dumbed down, disabled version of what they've come to rely on, eg, the intel crap that replaced the altivec processors. after 5 years, the intel chips still lack some of the inherent design advantages of the altivec. and PPC was allegedly abandoned because motorola couldn't or wouldn't invest in the clock-speed war. contrary to the notion that technology will continue to advance exponentially, notice how CPU clock-speeds have more or less plateaued since the "competition" ended, compared the the five years prior to the switch to intel? there will only be justice, equality, and most importantly, sanity, when all of the gordon gecko's have been put to the sword. even the ones named steve. -- 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
