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Submitted 344 days ago...

sidelko

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Flash drive computers

I just read a blog post about a 32 GB flash drive. Granted, it isn't cheap, $302. You could buy a 750 GB normal hard drive for that much easily right now.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/13/buffalo-introduces-32gb-shd-u32gs-u sb-flash-drive/

But that begs to ask, how long till we we see an all RAM based computer. We already have iPod Nanos that store all the MP3s in flash memory, and Google is rumored to have so many computers that they are able to store ALL of the information they have in RAM (hence why they are so fast).

So how long till we see a all RAM computer? There are quite a few benefits about it as far as size, weight, and speed.

What do you think?

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Submitted 344 days ago...

Ruchele

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Why can't they make RAM that I can plug into one of my 7 slots for differnt flash cards? hmm hmm, tell me that, that would be nice. I wonder if they would make it with Static or Dynamic RAM. Weren't those itty bitty Mac Cubes that they came out with several years ago based on that? How did that go over? I know a Mac is soooooooo much smaller than a pc. Speaking of, have you seen the mini mac? http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSL ID?nnmm=browse&mco=7B723644&node=home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini

I started programing on IBM compatable systems when I was 13, so I will probably never own a mac, but they are cute.

So that was all off topic, and my answer is, I don't know.

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Submitted 344 days ago...

guido

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The closest they would have to a RAM based computer now would be one with solid state drives.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_state_disk

They are extremely fast compared to regular hard drives and priced accordingly. The problem with using existing RAM to run a computer is it gets wiped when you turn the box off. Some obvious problems there.

As for Flash memory and plugging it into a slot the issue would be in making the data transfer speeds fast enough to serve as RAM. Also what happens if you use the device as RAM and then remove it? Infamous blue screen if on Windows(and who isn't?)

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