Regarding recent announcements, The Guardian has seen the writing on the walls for hard drives.

The boot-up time for Windows XP is said to be 25% to 50% faster and an SSD is up to 60% lighter than a comparable 1.8in hard drive. It's also more robust - Samsung claims that the SSD can withstand deceleration forces (that is, being dropped) double what would cripple a standard hard drive. It uses far less power (0.5W when busy, compared to a hard drive's 2W) - significant, since hard drives use 10% to 20% of a laptop's battery power. And finally, the lack of moving parts means Samsung's SSD-enabled PC can operate in complete silence.

There's a lot to look forward to in power-saving. Lighter, faster, more efficient flash drives. Smaller, faster, more effecient processors, like the VIA C7-M ULV coupled with highly integrated chipsets like the VIA VX700. Brighter, more efficient displays like cold cathode based LCD screens. Ubiquitous, high speed connectivity through Wimax, EVDO, or Sprint Edge. A convergance of these technologies in the UMPC will push it into the limelight.

Visitor

Monday, 04 September 2006

Hey, and what 'bout OLED display - Samsung already started production with this stuff - it's only matter of time to have it in it's 'Q'... i hope :]

Bjorn Stromberg

Wednesday, 13 September 2006

I'm not sure if the Q1b is using the OLED display or not. All I know is that they claim the new screen is 30% brighter without an increase in power consumption.

I'll let you know when more details are released about the Q1b.

Visitor

Friday, 27 October 2006

SSD drives is the future. The Q1b uses a led backlight which makes it both brighter and takes less power than the old technology they used in the regular Q1s.