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Tapping out a drive
"There will always be a need for storage, but when was the last
time you tapped out a drive?""

I've managed to completely fill up the drive of every computer
I've ever owned. Each new computer has a bigger hard drive,
and with that, software writers seem to take that as a license to
make their programs bigger and bigger. One example--Mac
OSX wants at least 5 Gb of swap space to run well (the rule of
thumb is usually to leave 10% of your hard drive free for this).

So no, 30 Gb is not going to cut it. Also factor in that we're
being encouraged to do more and more with music and video
files on our computers, which can take up a ton of space.

When they get flash drives that are at least 100 Gb and that cost
the same small amount that a traditional hard drive costs, then
we'll talk. There are tons of advantages to using them, but for
the foreseeable future, it's not going to be very practical.
Posted by: tic swayback   Posted on: 01/04/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Need to Make sure Microsoft is onobard  rdrobert@... | 01/04/06
Hey dumbo  DarthRidiculous | 01/04/06
I agree entirely.  HypnoToad | 01/04/06
Tapping out a drive  tic swayback | 01/04/06
You are talking about PC's, not notebooks  Ludovit | 01/04/06
Hybrid Drives Seem Like Best Bet  P. Douglas | 01/04/06
Hybrid Drives  D-cat | 01/04/06
Crummy design  gsteele531@... | 01/05/06
My laptop is my desktop  tic swayback | 01/04/06
No he's talking about laptops.  Fujikid | 01/04/06
....he's talking about laptops  windy0062 | 01/05/06
No he's talking about laptops.  Fujikid | 01/04/06
No he is talking about laptops  Fujikid | 01/04/06
Sorry it reported an error first two times  Fujikid | 01/04/06
Laptops  voska | 01/05/06
Even 100 GB is too small  voska | 01/05/06
Problems with Solid State Memory  Yensi717 | 01/04/06
Yes, people have the wrong impression  Eggs Ackley_z | 01/05/06
Good points.. proposed workarounds:  D-cat | 01/06/06
I've had flash drives corrupt data from limited re-writes...  HypnoToad | 01/04/06
Maybe the AVERAGE is 30GB  James Dean_z | 01/04/06
heh  CobraA1 | 01/04/06
RE: heh  duane.wills@... | 01/05/06
But what about...  neil ubich | 01/04/06
Write Cycles and other SSD points.  D-cat | 01/04/06
swap space?  __howard__ | 01/05/06
windows powered doesn't need swap space  hipparchus2001 | 01/05/06
MS and Swap Files  D-cat | 01/05/06
4 GB would be fine for some markets  joef_z | 01/04/06
puppy linux  hipparchus2001 | 01/05/06
Already have a DSL running on CF - fast and silent  daver_z | 01/05/06
All off base...may not be for you  314 | 01/05/06
We hear this same story every year at CES time.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/05/06
It will happen and it won't  daver_z | 01/05/06
Who needs 30 GB?  duane.wills@... | 01/05/06
Indeed  JDThompson | 01/05/06
RE: Indeed  duane.wills@... | 01/05/06
Not this one  JDThompson | 01/05/06
Set up Myth TV  voska | 01/05/06
Not all laptop users are in sales or management  Fujikid | 01/05/06
Message has been deleted.  Fujikid | 01/05/06
lower end laptops YES PLEASE FLASH  hipparchus2001 | 01/05/06
Not all laptop users are in Sales or management  Fujikid | 01/05/06
Not all laptop users are in Sales or management  Fujikid | 01/05/06
flash drives have problems  garbledd | 01/05/06
USB, yes. ATA, don't think so.  D-cat | 01/05/06
hard drives on a laptop  pcblue | 02/14/06
Flash memory for Laptops  nicholasfinlay | 01/04/07
To clarify  nicholasfinlay | 01/04/07

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