http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/ Engadget Comments for SSD-equipped netbooks getting cheaper? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/sorry that was mean]]>Feb 23rd 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
I knew this would happen. There are chinese manufacturers building these things by cloning the SSD drive making images off bootlegged copies of Vista, XP and Linux. Last time I was in Shen Zhen, I went to a computer store and i couldn't believe the number of nettops they had.

If engadget had photo posting, I'd show you pics of it. Some were nicely made but i couldn't buy any of that inauthentic stuff no matter how cheap it was. ]]>Feb 23rd 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 23rd 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 23rd 2009 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 23rd 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 23rd 2009 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 23rd 2009 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 23rd 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
Uhmm.. wouldn't a demand for a product *unclog* a sales channel? Or are you implying that the demand for SSD based netbooks are causing people to NOT buy HD models which are clogging up the sales channel? Which, to be honest, I find kind of hard to believe. Most people really wouldn't care - and if they see 160GB vs 8GB 'Hard Drive' for the same price (more or less), I suspect they'll go for the HD.

However, the article linked to seems to argue the converse.

So, to sum this up a little less psychotically than the author has it...

People don't want SSDs yet and all the ones built so far are clogging up the sales channel. To get rid of them, they're lowering the price on the existing stock.

WHICH IS BAD.. NOT GOOD.]]>Feb 23rd 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/then clogging = low demand

Demand isn't a vale on it's own, though it's typically stated with a helper word, in this case, clogging implied low demand]]>Feb 24th 2009 2:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
That's cheap!]]>Feb 23rd 2009 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
Gotta love these netbooks....]]>Feb 23rd 2009 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
"The loosening of netbook hard drive restrictions from 80GB to 160GB, and the higher cost of SSDs are causing demand for SSD netbooks to drop."]]>Feb 24th 2009 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 24th 2009 2:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Netbooks are getting bigger, heavier and more expensive, not what they should be. There should be two clear categories, a Netbook meant to be a secondary on the go computer which does not have the full functionality of a laptop (eg bluetooth) and a max weight of 1kg.
A second category Netbook (small laptop) , more costly, more features for those who just want a small laptop as their main machine, but still not as expensive as regular laptops. I could see this one being a hit with students.]]>Feb 24th 2009 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
They offer shock resistance, minuscule power savings, and better random access times, however they have a much shorter lifespan, their write speeds are terrible, and their sequential read speeds are abysmal. (ie Video, most games on Steam, etc)]]>Feb 24th 2009 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/
The newer generation of SSDs are getting much, much better than their spinning disk counterparts.]]>Feb 24th 2009 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 24th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/23/ssd-equipped-netbooks-getting-cheaper/Feb 24th 2009 3:05PM