Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:22:19 -0700 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@gmail.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: you're not going to believe this. Message-ID: <a9f4a3860906231222r65faaf1cia6b68186c79f4791@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org> References: <20090622230729.GA20167@thought.org>
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On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 16:07, Gary Kline<kline@thought.org> 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
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