Apple Flash-Booting MacBooks?
AppleInsider reports that Intel demonstrated their upcoming NAND flash-based laptops at their Developer Forum:
The advantages of incorporating Flash-memory into the laptops reportedly include faster booting, wake from sleep, application launching and longer battery life.
According to Appleinsider, Apple has been working with Intel to incorporate NAND flash into next-generation MacBooks sometime in 2007. Before this feature is introduced, however, the rumor site still expects (non-Flash based) MacBook and MacBook Pro revisions before the end of the year.
Rumors of Apple looking into this Flash-caching techology has previously been reported with claims that they may go into an "ultra-portable" laptop by Macworld San Francisco in January, 2007.
At the forum, Intel mobility chief Sean Maloney conducted a demonstration in which he booted two PCs, one with 256MB of flash memory, and the other without. The PC with flash booted in about half the time.
The advantages of incorporating Flash-memory into the laptops reportedly include faster booting, wake from sleep, application launching and longer battery life.
According to Appleinsider, Apple has been working with Intel to incorporate NAND flash into next-generation MacBooks sometime in 2007. Before this feature is introduced, however, the rumor site still expects (non-Flash based) MacBook and MacBook Pro revisions before the end of the year.
Rumors of Apple looking into this Flash-caching techology has previously been reported with claims that they may go into an "ultra-portable" laptop by Macworld San Francisco in January, 2007.
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70 months ago
Been looking forward to this for years. I know that boot times have come down significantly in the last few years, but instantaneous on from startup would be pretty amazing.
Finally a true "computer appliance?"
Edit: And yeah, bring on the ultra-portable, all-flash laptop.
Finally a true "computer appliance?"
Edit: And yeah, bring on the ultra-portable, all-flash laptop.
70 months ago
What are the advantages of NAND Flash other than booting faster? Is it anywhere near regular RAM in terms of speed?
Is double booting speed worth the price?
Is double booting speed worth the price?
70 months ago
good news. i had wondered for a while why they don't start using flash memory. with the sizes they have now it should be doable, at least in parallel to regular hard drives, which can act as a internal back up/storage system.
70 months ago
good news. i had wondered for a while why they don't start using flash memory. with the sizes they have now it should be doable, at least in parallel to regular hard drives, which can act as a internal back up/storage system.
Because they can only be used for X erase/write cycles.
70 months ago
interesting implementation, but this is just rumor and the title of this thread treats it as a bit more than that.....
obviously it has some benefits, but will be pricier as well. Apple does have a good place in the flash market now considering how many chips it buys, but does that really matter? no. because apple will be buying the parts from Intel who will be buying the flash chips. :rolleyes:
it will be a great, great day when hard drives in notebooks are flash.
it'll be a long wait though still.
glad to see Intel moving things forward though, hopefully.
obviously it has some benefits, but will be pricier as well. Apple does have a good place in the flash market now considering how many chips it buys, but does that really matter? no. because apple will be buying the parts from Intel who will be buying the flash chips. :rolleyes:
it will be a great, great day when hard drives in notebooks are flash.
it'll be a long wait though still.
glad to see Intel moving things forward though, hopefully.
70 months ago
Very interesting.. but unless we're getting 100+GB flash drives... I'll still want an hdd ;)
though.. it'd be cool to have some non-volitile flash memory to store the OS and other critical components on.
though.. it'd be cool to have some non-volitile flash memory to store the OS and other critical components on.
70 months ago
Because they can only be used for X read/write cycles.
so why are they being considered now? what has changed?
70 months ago
What kind of an impact would this have on the total cost?
Are there any systems that currently use the NAND flash memory?
Are there any systems that currently use the NAND flash memory?
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