<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Ron Lauzon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rlauzon@gmail.com">rlauzon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On 01/26/2010 03:09 PM, Bob Kline wrote:<br>
> What I find strange is that most of<br>
> them come with 160GB drives now.<br>
> I'd thought the trend would be to<br>
> a few GB of RAM, and maybe 16GB<br>
> of flash. All for fast bootup, and<br>
> ruggedness. For portable use one<br>
> doesn't need a hard drive IMHO. And<br>
> I'm sure they eat up a lot of the cost<br>
> of the devices now.<br>
><br>
<br>
Actually, the cost of a 160GB hard drive is very cheap compared to 32GB<br>
of flash.<br>
<br>
My System 76 Starling netbook was only $350. That included the extended<br>
life battery.<br>
<br> <br>
Ron Lauzon - rlauzon at acm dot org <br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Where did you buy your unit?</div><div><br></div><div> -- Bob</div><div> </div></div>