http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/It will most likely see numerous revisions in the asian market as well? Anyways I can't wait for SSD to be the standard.]]>May 23rd 2006 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 6:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 6:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
As for optical drives - I have a Dell X1 which is a Samsung design. It does not have a built in optical drive and I do not miss it. It has an attachable disk drive for when I want to install software. --- They got rid of floppy drives, and I'll be happy when they get rid of optical drives. I download most of my software anyway. I also like the weight and size savings.]]>May 23rd 2006 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/]]>May 23rd 2006 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
The Q1-SSD will show video or still photos as well as play audio without having to be booted up first. This “instant on” feature provides access to multimedia content such as digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) TV at least 30% faster than with a portable multimedia player (PMP).

very nice...]]>May 23rd 2006 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 7:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 8:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
I don't see a market for an expensive machine with a low (32MB) storage capacity and low grade hardware. Sure, NAND's capabilities supplement the need for a better hardware, but not to that extent. I think we'll see that the first successful full NAND drives will be at least 64G and have top of the line hardware. The $5000+ notebook will rise again. And furthermore, companies will by it because a couple bucks is worth the security of better impact resistance, faster speeds, and low energy consumption.]]>May 23rd 2006 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/Anyway, what will the MTBF be? How long will this drive last with the constant writes/rewrites? Will this drive have about the same life span as an apple ipod?

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I'll have to check that out...]]>May 23rd 2006 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
Maybe, but it will set you back at least a cool 1,000.00 bucks!!
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this drive would barely last a year, if that, under normal use.]]>May 23rd 2006 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
DS]]>May 23rd 2006 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
And is there a particular reason why this is restricted to windows only?

Just wondering if it would be possible to stick this new HHD into a macbook pro (imagine it.... it would be blinding!)]]>May 23rd 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
Clearly the same goes for the processor. Too bad full color 13" OLED displays aren't available, it would really make a difference to battery life.]]>May 23rd 2006 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 23rd 2006 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
Having said that, SDRAM drives or SSD has a finite life too. Due to the diffence in architechture, SSD have algorithms that forces the drive to be writen over the entire drive instead of concentrating on one particular sector till its filled up. In this way, you can probably achieve BILLIONS (possibly trillions) of read/write for the whole drive. Now, a billion read/write would mean you can actually continuously read/write the drive for 50 years at the least NON-STOP. No computer can take that abuse and not to mention that even in 5 years time your computer would have been obsolute.

So, to answer your question, nope. SSD will not die in a few months time. ;)

- k E n -
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But I want a solid state hard drive! I've been trying to get one for three years, but still far too expensive. With a SSD, the only noise left in my laptop will disappear, and power consumption should drop to under 10Watts.]]>May 24th 2006 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/
If you have a computer/old laptop without a harddrive but it has a CD writeable drive, you can use puppy os on a multisession CD on the computer. All your changes are saved onto the CD. If the CD is 650 megs, and the OS is only 50, imagine the possibilities!]]>May 24th 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/The point that NAND can only be written a certain number of times is valid. However not all flavors of NAND are the same. MLC is lower spec than SLC for example so works in a Nano as you re-write the whole thing maybe once a month, but would not work for storing the FAT files on your computer (several hundred writes per hour). I believe Samsung have employed lower spec NAND for storing the OS and application files but a higher spec NAND for the often re-written portion of the drive. ]]>May 24th 2006 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/I read somewhere that these flash drives have a limit to the number of times they can be written. Maybe it was a different type of memory, but I'd check into it if you are considering purchasing.]]>May 24th 2006 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 25th 2006 2:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 25th 2006 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/May 26th 2006 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/23/samsungs-q30-ssd-with-32gb-flash-drive-on-sale-in-june/Aug 4th 2007 10:33PM