Apple and LG plan flash laptops
Apple may sell notebook computers later this year
that use the same type of fast memory as music players and digital cameras. LG
Electronics is also said to be planning the release of a laptop this month that
uses a hybrid drive.
Fancy meeting you, here!
Apple may sell notebook computers later this year that use the same type of fast memory as music players and digital cameras, driving down prices of hard disk drives, an analyst said today. In a separate report, LG Electronics is also said to be planning the release of a laptop this month that uses a hybrid drive.
The laptop news comes in the same week that Samsung Electronics announced it was shipping its first so-called hybrid drive, which uses a combination of nonvolatile NAND flash memory and magnetic spinning disk to save on power consumption and boot-up time.
Online sources stated that LG is ready to ship its R400 laptop over the next couple of weeks using a hybrid drive. The R400 laptop comes with a 14-inch LCD screen and Bluetooth capability.
We’re sitting in the middle of a geek whirlwind. We’ll probably hear from Toshiba before the month is out.
Posted: Fri - March 9, 2007 at 08:44 AM