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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
Date: Sun,  2 Aug 2009 20:37:32 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] just an idea (Splashtop like)
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> 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