Samsung's Hybrid Hard Drive Exposed

Erica Campbell writes "Samsung is preparing to release a new Flash memory-assisted computer hard drive that boasts improved performance, reduced energy consumption, a faster boot time, and better reliability. The new hybrid hard drive will be released around the same time as the upcoming Windows Vista operating system and will be one of the first hardware designed specifically to benefit from it."

Re:This site could benefit

[bcat24]

[nitpick]I know you're just trying to be funny, but the site was suspended due to exceeding its CPU quota, not its memory quota.[/nitpick]

tricky marketing

[Beuno]

The new hybrid hard drive will be released around the same time as the upcoming Windows Vista

Why don't they just flat out say they don't know when it's going to be released?

Hard drives, exposed

[Anonymous Coward]

You fools! Don't expose it! That'll ruin the hard drive!

*rimshot*

Re:Flash

[NosTROLLdamus]

Captain Cold takes over the world.

Re:Linux Next?

[Dunbal]

for how long you can chain a bunch of fat Linux programmers to your house with Mountain Dews (with caffeine) and french fries.

      Forever, then?

Re:This site could benefit

[Dunbal]

the site was suspended due to exceeding its CPU quota, not its memory quota.

      So maybe if they had preloaded the site into memory, we wouldn't have this problem...

Re:Flash

[CrackedButter]

Back ups are for wimps, back in my day we used Apple's TimeMachine and have done for ages. Think about it.

Re:What's so special about Vista?

[StikyPad]

It might be useful to Linux users who turn off their workstations as well.

Oh wait...

Re:Linux Next?

[Kingrames]

If the hardware is designed for Vista, I'd bet it already runs better in linux.

Re:What's so special about Vista?

[Who235]

Can anyone spell oligopolistic collution?

Actually, it's spelled 'collusion'.

oh?

[racebit]

Additionally, do you honestly think any company (Intel, Microsoft, Samsung) would back this technology if it was limited to R/W cycles in thousands?

Oh? Last time I checked...my xp seems to stop working after only several hundered read/writes, funny that.

Re:Has it changed in 3 years?

[kisielk]

Guess he's not called "Shooter of Bul(l)" for nothing.

Re:What's so special about Vista?

[Anonymous Coward]

The system i am typing this post from was last rebotted in August.

Was that a freudian slip?