Solid-state disks coming on strong
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In the not-to-distant future, our main storage devices on our computers will be solid-state (a.k.a. memory chips). You’re probably already familiar with the technology… it’s already used in those little doohickeys often referred to as “flash drives” or “jump drives.”
Soon you’re going to start seeing high-capacity solid-state “drives” showing up in laptops. Unlike standard magnetic-platter-based drives that must spin at thousands of revolutions per minute, they are just silicon chips. Less prone to failure. They are able to survive accidental dropping. They make no noise whatsoever (which is good because it can be annoying in some machines where the drives are starting to get very noisy) and the BIG BONUS: they use far less energy than current hard drives, which will greatly extend your laptop’s precious battery life, and keep you on the go longer before having to ‘refuel.’
Keep an eye out! This is pretty cool stuff!!
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