>> The fun thing is, apparently SSD has
>>
>> 1. Reached price levels where Normal Humans can potentially afford them.
>>
>> 2. Reached capacities where you might actually buy this stuff.
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>> Interesting times ahead, eh?
>
> Indeed, I've a friend in Scotland who has a Thinkpad with an SSD in it
> and the performance is good, but the battery life is also quite good (I
> think he said he gets 10 hours out of a single battery).

Lots of laptops have offered an SSD option for a while now. The problem 
has always been that the price is a bit insane. Looks like prices are 
starting to become reasonable now - although I see 100x differences in 
the reported I/O performance being quoted for different models. (!!)

Also, I'm quite impressed with my own laptop. Usually laptops /claim/ to 
run for 8 hours or something, but /actually/ run for about 20 minutes. 
The 8 hours figure applies only if you leave the laptop turned on but 
not *doing* anything. :-P But my current laptop /really does/ run for 
several hours without needing recharging. It's pretty neat...

(My laptop also has /actual 3D performance/ too. I had no idea laptops 
could do that now!)

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