Sony Vaio to have flash drive instead of hard drive.

[ArchangelX]

Neato. Although what you pay for isn't equal to what you get. Are flash drives faster? 16GB doesn't sound like alotta space. Even for a laptop. :wtf:

The Vaio UX90 will come with 16GB of flash memory storage in place of the 30GB hard drive on the original model. It will cost around $1805, or about $345 more expensive than the disk-based model, and go on sale in Japan on July 3.

http://msn.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,126256,00.asp?GT1=8298

[corytomo]

Flash SSD drives are MUCH faster, they are estimating about 100 times faster. They also suck less juice, so a laptop can stay on longer. And the biggie one, they are more vibration resistant, and in a laptop, that's awesome.
:tmi:

[ArchangelX]

Hmm..it might be worth it then...although 16GB's is really a joke. WinXP takes up a gig doesn't it? Ugh.

[corytomo]

Yeh, it sure would take alot of room up. I'd wait till they expand this technology more so it becomes cheaper. Good idea, but too small and expensive to be effective.

[ArchangelX]

Yepz...I'd give it time to mature.