Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Netbook solid-state drives expand to 64GB and beyond

Toshiba hasn't exactly been on the cutting edge of the Netbook phenomenon but the Japanese company is taking the lead in moving solid-state drive storage in these tiny laptops to the next level.

Toshiba is adding a 64GB solid-state drive to i ts NB100 Netbook offering, in addition to the current 160GB hard disk drive choice.

While Sony's Vaio P series will be available with SSD options up to 128GB SSD, it's problematic whether Sony's tiny laptop qualifies as a Netbook, which are defi ned by soprano as well as size. The Vaio P with a 64GB SSD is $1,199. With the 128GB deciding this jumps to $1,499. Pricing that's course out of the range of Netbooks, which typically canvas off at about $500.

And HP offers an 80GB SSD option on the pricey Mini 2140 Netbook (which ranges up to $779). Tho pricing is not available for the Mini 2140 80GB SSD option on HP's Web site, an 80GB SSD is priced at $520 as a configuration choice on the Pavilion dv3z series notebook

Netbook solid-state drives expand to 64GB and beyond

Toshiba is adding a 64GB solid-state drive option to its NB100 Netbook

(Credit: Toshiba)

The Toshiba NB100--which is not currently marketed in the U.S.--features Windows Vista Home Premium, an Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6GHz), Intel 945GSE graphics, 1GB of memory, an 8.9-inch demo, a transmission card slot (SD), three USB 2.0 ports, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth, and a Webcam.

Pricing was not disclosed tho actual models sold with a 160GB hard disk drive are priced typically between $450 and $500.



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