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Thinking about a laptop purchase

Thinking about buying a laptop? Me too. This article describes what I’m looking for.

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BenQ netbook with SSD and HD just announced

My wish has been granted.  The first laptop that has both an SSD and hard disk has been announced.  No price yet, but it will probably be in the $400 range.  Now we just need to see this idea translate to larger, more powerful laptops, and we’re good to go. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/benqs-joybook-lite-u103-packs-an-ssd-for-when-youre-feeling-fr/

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How Dell should sell SSDs in mainstream laptops

Crucial, OCZ, and Intel now have 2.5″ MLC SSD flash drives with TRIM support, and prices have been rapidly falling… now down to the $2/GB range.  SSD is now getting interesting.  SSD is about 100x faster than hard drives for random accesses and can be 2-6x faster than the fastest laptop hard drives when transferring [...]

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