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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] just an idea (Splashtop like)
Date: Sun,  2 Aug 2009 20:37:32 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a1fa6f3017e985995ffc4c5eccd3b2c@quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9ab217670908021723p61cb55f0t1b1b4ef204bf5012@mail.gmail.com>

> 2009/8/2 erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>:
> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/143558/laptop_flash_drives_hit_by_high_failure_rates.html
> >
> > surprising, no?  there are still plenty of reasons to want an
> > ssd.  it just seems that reliablity isn't one of those reasons yet.
>
> The big one for me has always been that I tend to drop the sort of
> machines while they're running. Does a lot to the MTBF for standard
> drives... not so much for SSD.

doesn't this make the pcworld figures even more surprising?

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-03  0:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-31 17:50 David Leimbach
2009-08-01  1:56 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-08-01  3:12   ` ron minnich
2009-08-01 11:58     ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-01 14:51       ` tlaronde
2009-08-01 14:57         ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-01 15:49         ` ron minnich
2009-08-01 19:10           ` J.R. Mauro
2009-08-02 18:17             ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-02 19:23               ` Anthony Sorace
2009-08-02 22:16                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-03  0:23                   ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-08-03  0:37                     ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2009-08-03  2:09               ` John DeGood
2009-08-03  4:38                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-03 13:54                   ` John DeGood
2009-08-08  4:46               ` Dave Eckhardt
2009-08-08 11:37                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-02  2:55   ` John DeGood
2009-08-02  3:16     ` J.R. Mauro

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