From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 19:22:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B42CB1065672 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f212.google.com (mail-ew0-f212.google.com [209.85.219.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46AD78FC16 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so441383ewy.43 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=MI1s+5JLeA5S7U27+P7BGPpcrXo27gUSXsJEoys+y3w=; b=SL2WJHaH76varVPcW2ZKg6nNWhwPbBTJM5KK/qs840edppUIaVFKWwsl1oYDPCEPxA 9jJnkPfCD83AAAWj9Xz+XrP5+weS7DkCUHxnt6Akd+wTOjDFtdIHz1HriBxAV0IjSz81 UqIwiT8McuvWHwO4W3FLNSHyITUPKSmNcnjc4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Si2ICEjifV3e4UfJYotrwznBlm2KRQKO7wMYqcOXGcmwcXDCRVywSl2rtlEDUoTPoC vyK0hR5QhxMPeddC15Z5clz808o64YoW9CXuTj4WxL+vwI6p9PE0Qg2IYJKs/Sn2nfmR PgCsqDPk03IZAPrcYNg2bxp+tdRr8ocZZX1FA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.35.17 with SMTP id i17mr6746406ebi.66.1245784939287; Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:19 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org> References: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:19 -0700 Message-ID: From: Kurt Buff To: Gary Kline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: you're not going to believe this. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:22:20 -0000 On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 16:07, Gary Kline wrote: > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0you guys aren't going to believe what i just f= ound on the web for > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0the ASUS Eee-901 [or is it the "900"]. =C2=A0i= t was for the 9- and > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A010-inch screens. =C2=A0i was using konq which = just segv'd so i am > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0taking a break and thought i'd share this. > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0last night, i could barely believe the ten-inc= h with a 40GB SSD. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0these mini-notebooks take two memory chips. th= ey just plug in. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0i was googling around and found they have 32's= and even 128's. > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0so you can get 64 or up to 256Gigs of solid st= ate disk ... > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0not in a year or two (or five or six), but now= . > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0i'll double and triple check to make sure this= isn't a sham, but > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0they had a thing on you-tube... =C2=A0Oh, and = next time i see the > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0speech therapist, i'll lug my hugmongous think= pad and demo what > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0i've done with my scripts and flite.... > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A08 kilobux for a Doze speech dev my butt. with = berkeley unix and > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0open source tools, you can have it for a few h= undred bux. > > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0gary For a small unit like this, SSD is really nice. But, for my workstations/servers, I'm wondering if a pure battery-backed RAM disk, in RAID1 with a regular hard drive, might be the real screamer. Kurt