clipka wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> News today: an 8GB *RAM-based* solid-state drive:
>> http://tinyurl.com/8d64qv
> 
> Hum... why would anyone want such a thing?
> 
> For persistent storage of data, I guess it would be a *very* bad idea. Lose
> power = lose data.
> 
> For nice fast swap space, I guess it would make more sense to put those 8GB
> right onto the mainboard, so you don't need the swap space in the first place.
> 
> For fast temporary storage of mass data (like, say, in scientific simulations),
> it's plain too small...
> 
> 

It would make a darned nice Photoshop scratch disk. Make it about 50GB 
and it would make a decent video editing scratch disk.

-- 
~Mike

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