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My linux laptop has a 12GB drive, with about 6GB free. That's including all my user files. The operating system itself and programs (including OpenOffice.org2, FireFox, Thunderbird, gaim, xmms, and develpoment system (compilers, headers, etc.) probably take up less than 3GB.

FWIW, my first laptop -- an Epson PX-8 back in the early 80s -- was fully solid state. It could literally run for days on a single charge. The OS (CP/M) and applications (WordStar, Portable Calc, utilites, etc.) were all on ROM chips. CMOS RAM was used for data storage.
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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
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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
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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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