Comments on: Samsung Begins Shipping Hybrid Hard Drives http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/ Digital Trends is your home for technology news, CE product reviews, mobile app reviews and daily videos. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:32:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TechFreak http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/#comment-54186 TechFreak Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:35:26 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-54186 Dijonaise are you serious? Hardcore users would easily pay that for more performance. Dijonaise are you serious? Hardcore users would easily pay that for more performance.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/#comment-54185 Ian Bell Fri, 09 Mar 2007 16:49:25 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-54185 And who wouldn't pay that extra $120 dollars for a lot faster hard drive? A lot of people would. Look at the low capacity Western Digital Raptor drives with a 10K RPM rate. Premium builders like Alienware, VoodooPC etc would love to have that extra performance. And who wouldn't pay that extra $120 dollars for a lot faster hard drive? A lot of people would. Look at the low capacity Western Digital Raptor drives with a 10K RPM rate. Premium builders like Alienware, VoodooPC etc would love to have that extra performance.

]]> By: Dijonaise http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/#comment-54184 Dijonaise Fri, 09 Mar 2007 15:53:33 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-54184 if you know anything about manufacturing economies, then you'd know that $30 at production time equals $120 in MSRP. if you know anything about manufacturing economies, then you'd know that $30 at production time equals $120 in MSRP.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/#comment-54183 Ian Bell Fri, 09 Mar 2007 11:42:51 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-54183 I would argue that they are starting with a low amount of flash memory in an effort to extend their product line. You are talking a $30 difference between 256MB or 1GB of flash. I would argue that they are starting with a low amount of flash memory in an effort to extend their product line. You are talking a $30 difference between 256MB or 1GB of flash.

]]> By: Cary http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/#comment-54182 Cary Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:10:20 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-54182 They have to make a case for the perfomance based on what is more affordable in mass production first. <br /> <br /> More people will pay for an affordable hybrid drive than one that costs as much as the rest of the laptop or desktop system it will be put into. The type of flash used is not the same as what goes into thumbdrives or other portable flash devices. They have to make a case for the perfomance based on what is more affordable in mass production first.

More people will pay for an affordable hybrid drive than one that costs as much as the rest of the laptop or desktop system it will be put into. The type of flash used is not the same as what goes into thumbdrives or other portable flash devices.

]]> By: Ian Bell http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-begins-shipping-hybrid-hard-drives/#comment-54181 Ian Bell Thu, 08 Mar 2007 16:09:07 +0000 http://www.digitaltrends.com#comment-54181 Why start with only 256MB of RAM? They could easily put 2GB on there and people would pay for it. Why start with only 256MB of RAM? They could easily put 2GB on there and people would pay for it.

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