Apple Stocking Up On Flash Memory?

[heisetax]

Shut Down, Start Up

Who needs Robson?? When was the last time you needed to boot your mac; this isnt Windoze where the OS suffers a decay halflife from startup

Some people may shut down their PowerBooks or the Intel powered versions. I may not use my portable for several days at. home. Then I may need it right now for some point. Or maybe I'll go to a customers office.

For a couple of years I used my PowerBook for 95% of my computer usuage. Now most of my computer usuage is with a MDD PowerMac. A rapid boot would be liked.

Bill the TaxMan

 

[Yvan256]

Redesigned iPod Nano? How do you redesign the iPod Nano?

If you look at the iPod nano vs all other iPod models, the nano seems to be too tall (screen/wheel/height ratio).

A redesigned iPod nano could simply be a shorter model which would give it the "real iPod look", while also increasing the capacities to 4GB/8GB/16GB.

 

[Ish]

If you look at the iPod nano vs all other iPod models, the nano seems to be too tall (screen/wheel/height ratio).

A redesigned iPod nano could simply be a shorter model which would give it the "real iPod look", while also increasing the capacities to 4GB/8GB/16GB.

Nah! It's all the others that are too wide.

 

[jagolden]

i'm surprised digitimes hasn't directly 'predicted' MacBook Pros with flash drives...

Frankly, I was thinking flash based "drives" could be a potential use. But just how much space would, say, 10 of these modules take up compared to a HD?
Wouldn't it be more?

 

[jagolden]

8 gig nanos apple is awesome.....they fit so much into so little...

8 gig? I want a 30-40 gig nano VIDEO! Now that would please me.

 

[danired18]

People who think that there will be computers with Flash drives are out of there mind..If they do use flash drives the macs will be extremely expensive..flash drives are not cheap you know

 

[j26]

But for a high end ultra portable with small flash drive for the OS and another for storage and an ULV processor?

Or a tablet?

Or an iTunes Phone?

Or a pda?

(Have I got all the potential rumours yet?)

 

[jagolden]

People who think that there will be computers with Flash drives are out of there mind..If they do use flash drives the macs will be extremely expensive..flash drives are not cheap you know

And niether were CD readers, or then CD writers, or then DVD readers, then DVD writers BUT they're all pretty common and cheap now.

The whole point of these discussions about Apple buying big stocks of flash is they get it at a great price and actually pass some of the savings into their new hardware and then consumer.

Higher capacity flash music players weren't cheap either until Apple secured large stocks of flash at great pricig and introduced the Nano!

MAcBook Black, 2 GHz, 2 GB, 120 GB HD

 

[kresh]

Now the rumors of an Ultra Portable Mac, with "Instant On", seem to go hand in glove with this rumor