Samsung announced that next month it will begin shipping to the Korean market its Q30, the first notebook PC with a solid-state hard disk. The 12.1-inch screen notebook will be equipped with a 32GB NAND flash based solid-state disk (SSD) with a read speed of 53MB per second (300% faster, according to Samsung) and write speed of 28MB per second (150% faster), allowing it to boot up 20 to 50% faster than a conventional laptop.
The lack of moving parts will also allow it to go fanless, making it absolutely silent, plus it'll be more efficient, boosting battery life. Here comes the downside, though: it's going to cost $3700 for all this solid-state goodness, and it's saddled with an old-fashioned Celeron M 753 (1.2GHz) chip. Bring on the Core Duos, and lower that price! Come to think of it, it wasn't too long ago when all laptops cost that much or more. Just think of this as a peek into the future.
We've been patiently waiting for laptops to come out with solid state, flash-based hard drives for ages and it looks like Samsung will be the first company to offer such an item. The first laptop to feature a flash-based hard drive, the Q30SSD sports 32GB of storage capacity and is available right now in South Korea. Compared to traditional hard drives, the solid state hard drive found in the Q30SSD is smaller, faster and runs cooler. It retails for around $3,700, so early adopters will be forced to pay a premium. But you knew that already.
It's clear that the industry wants to move toward such flash-based hard drives and it's probably better for consumers in the long run (no moving parts = less chance of a catastrophic system crash at the absolute worst possible time). Now we just need to wait a little while for prices to drop, then we can swoop and enjoy the benefits.
– Nicholas Deleon
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