[geeks] Flash drive questions

[Phil Stracchino]

Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Anyone noticed the "feature" that lets you use a USB 2.0 thumbdrive as an extension of system RAM, to speed-up your system? I'm going to tinker with that on a test box with less RAM (my current box has 2 Gigs)...

You know ... the more I think about it, the worse that idea sounds.

> Also, anyone tinkered with the new "hybrid" notebook HDs that have a significant FLASH memory component on board to reduce HD access/improve speed/save power on laptops? Windows Vista supports them, anyone know if they are implemented as buffers and invisible to the O/S or are they actually considered a seperate drive and the O/S manages it? (see: http://samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?seq=20060726_0000275948)

Wheee!  What a concept:  Disk cache that WEARS OUT, right there on the
motherboard!  Roll on the disposable laptop!


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