Sony's Solid State 2.4 Pound Laptop Reviewed 214
An anonymous reader writes "Last week Sony finally launched its super slim, super sexy TZ series of laptops in the US. If you've been waiting to get your hands on one of these, check out this first review of the top drawer TZ12VN, complete with solid state hard disk. It's a lot of money, but it sure looks sweet!"
Flash Drives (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Flash Drives (Score:5, Interesting)
Still need swap space at 2gb (Score:4, Interesting)
Also, with 2 Gigs of RAM, most people would have absolutely no need for swap space.
Not so sure about that. The article did mention it came pre-installed with Vista, FYI. And the reviewer said he uses Photoshop on it.
Re:design . . . (Score:2, Interesting)
Additionally, the specs for this laptop, what with the solid state drive, the led backlighting, and the carbon fiber construction, Apple has nothing that compares, their machines are different, but they'd be at least as expensive if they used all these features, and I'm sure more.
Keep in mind I'm typing this from an iMac and I have a boycott going for Sony.
Why are flash hard drives so expensive??? (Score:5, Interesting)
On the other hand, a 16gb CompactFlash card is only $140 [newegg.com]. And the CompactFlash interface is electrically identical to IDE/PATA, so you can use a $5 mechanical adapter [ebay.com] to connect a CompactFlash card to your notebook's hard drive bay.
What am I missing here???
Inquiring minds want to know. Maybe I can start selling cheapo 16gb solid state drives on eBay for $180 and make a killing
Re:Flash Drives (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Why are flash hard drives so expensive??? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Why are flash hard drives so expensive??? (Score:3, Interesting)
So a CF/SD SSD would work and be cheaper, but would probably not last very long, and be slower.