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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[So not in laptops till next spring, bummer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[10nisman94]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@10nisman94 Mostly correct. The HP Envy 17 I know has a 12mm slot loading blu-ray drive (I don't know if you can buy a slot loading version of the hydrive though) but the point is there are laptops that have 12mm thick optical drives.<br><br>I'm sure these will fit into HP's 18 inch multimedia laptop or something..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Broderbund]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Broderbund  it should theoretically fit into my pavilion dv7, or pretty much any other 17 inch + laptop.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[doyleman7]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 1:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[FACE IT HITACHI<br>optical drives for laptops are DEAD DEAD DEAD. They are the first thing to go on every laptop ever made. They are the bane of my existence that is why I quit buying laptops with optical drives, On my old laptop I used to watch a lot of movies and burn a lot of dvds, then one day I went to transfer some data off one of my dvds and it went extremely slow, now half the time i can't get a dvd to work, This was in 3 years of ownership.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jesse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 2nd 2010 10:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel and windows7? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[google: Operation Northwoods]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@operation northwoods erm wrong topic perhaps?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RampantNinja]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@operation northwoods <br><br>Damn, another troll -1]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EminiSP]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmm why no blu love for the netbooks, they are becoming increasingly powerful. This lack of foresight might come back to bite. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RampantNinja]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@RampantNinja They probably aren't ruling it out entirely, but currently, a Blu-ray drive in some netbooks would basically double their price. Not exactly market-friendly.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@RampantNinja How much processing power is needed to watch blu-ray movies? Do netbooks even have the grunt to run them? Cause, well, if they can't then what's the point?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vylen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Vylen  <br><br>  Tegra II  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Stuart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 1:12AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Stewrt  <br>You mean Ion 2, right?<br>Tegra is made for mobile applications. I don't even think Tegra is compatible with Windows...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SolidSnake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 10:14AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[From what I was told at the Sony store you need an hd capable video card for blu-ray. They said they had a core 2 duo machine with the x3100 intel gpu but the optional blu-ray drive was causing problems because the gpu could not handle it.  However, the intel 4500hd does, handle it with out a hitch as they even offer the blu-ray(optional) on the 11in Vaio TT with the intel 4500HD gpu, and intel CULV cpu(or a base celeron in certain regions). ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Al]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 4:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@RampantNinja <br>Yes, The netbook will be more powerful to adop HyDrive without HDD~]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lukechoi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 6th 2010 8:25AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[So the same month i planned on buying a new laptop/tablet... awesome]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SteveyAyo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wish they'd make a slot loading drive that I could put in my Dell.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sonicwind]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@sonicwind <br>Yes, we are making Slot and Tray too.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lukechoi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 6th 2010 8:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[We need to know what the specs are. If they  have garbage collection and trim, and what controller they use.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sonicwind]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@sonicwind <br>Angry demanding consumer.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Failbait]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 1:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Failbait  What, you'd buy anything even if it was poorly made and didn't work well? That's not only stupid, it ruins things for other consumers.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sonicwind]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 1:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I don't know. This seems more like an attempt to keep prices on optical drives high. I rather see a push towards cheaper SSD in general rather than this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pika2000]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@pika2000 <br>I love you.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[H264]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wohoo!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[perazzi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[look at the price and silent....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Keane]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 12:59AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Keanedi <br>We can save some material cost through intergration~~]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lukechoi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 6th 2010 8:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Not sold. SSD's are far too finite. The defect manager is kind of cool, for anyone who actually watches DVD's on their laptops anymore. For price and performance that can't be truly matched on both grounds: Momentus XT FTW!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vergißmeinnicht]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 1:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I want all DVDs, DCs, Blu-Ray, and all optical readers to die! Let USB, USB2, SATA, and the internet reign. <br><br>But keep the SSDs, along with the HDDs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Avaviel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 2:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Add one of these with 64GB in a netbook without an extra HDD. I am sure people will find 64GB enough in a netbook and the optical drive will be a huge plus!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mnhthebest]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 4:28AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, if you just wanted a small boot disk this means you've still got the thin you were probably going to take out to put it in.<br><br>What differentiates some NAND and a proper SSD?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ethan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 6:49AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[I want this in my Toshiba, NOW! XD]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DrScope]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 7:30AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just one question..<br><br>apart from the power supply - what item in a notebook fails as no 2? <br><br>In my case - every time the CD drive. So why would you have a think - so mechanical - put together with an SSD?<br><br>just my 2 cents... :-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kaz911]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 9:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[What about drivers to run this thing?  Don't some computer companies restrict you to a list of certain hardware?  Even though my Lenovo Thinkpad has a swapable BR drive, I don't know if the BIOS would reject a drive like this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dante of the Inferno]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 31st 2010 11:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Hitachi-LG goes official with HyDrive: SSD-equipped optical drives landing in August]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/hitachi-lg-goes-official-with-hydrive-ssd-equipped-optical-driv/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Dante of the Inferno <br>We are working with PC makers for this.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lukechoi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 6th 2010 8:29AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
