I happened to click on a junk email that i got today,and it was for one of those auction sites where you can buy good at really cheap prices if your quick. I came across this, http://www.oo.com.au/MSI_CR620_Laptop_Computer_-_39_P41956.cfm?cm_mmc=newsletter-_-20101128-_-null-_-null but on reading the specs I was most surprised to see this has a Built-in Hard Drive: 320GB Gosh how amazing I never knew that they came with then built in Wonder how they get it to bloody work without one
I think something was lost in translation. That said, we've come full circle. The first computers did not come with hard drives. The OS was burned into ROM and if you wanted to load a program you had insert a ROM, and use a tape device or floppies to save what you were doing. Today, some of the latest computers don't have HDs - they use SSDs.
And they arnt worth the mony you pay for them either http://www.pcworld.com/article/134185/solidstate_drives_versus_harddisk_drives_in_laptops.html
Your PCWorld reference is nearly 3 1/2 years old and not a fair assessment of today's environment. Note is says, While they still cost considerably more per Gb than HDs, Newegg has a 30Gb SSD for $90 and if you shop around, you can find 128Gb SSDs for under $200. Some SSDs support USB 3.0 and there are SSDs with 1Tb capacities. Therefore, while they are still too expensive for me to move all my stuff to SSD, they may be worth it to others. What I find very interesting and promising is Hybrid HDDs.
