Ultrabooks May Use Hybrid Storage to Cut Costs

[livebriand]

[citation][nom]GreaseMonkey_62[/nom]Someone should produce a Fusion based ultrabook just to stick it to Intel. Intel is the one demanding more or less from manufacturers a $1000 ultra book without being very helpful.[/citation]
No kidding. Most AMD E350 machines cost about $450, so with an ssd and a thin design maybe $550 or so. Not bad at all but quite capable, that's for sure.

 

[eddieroolz]

Intel's insistence of manufacturers being on their own isn't going well. This is simply going to diminish the ultrabook experience and steer more towards Macbook Airs.

 

[tlmck]

[citation][nom]billybobser[/nom]20gb drive for OS?how many more cuts can they make.[/citation]

I could get with it just fine when I install Linux. Plenty of room left over.

 

[quotas47]

[citation][nom]back_by_demand[/nom]How about allowing the storage option to be user-replacable, after all an SSD without it's metal casing would just be a PCB with a connector so you could swap out the same as with RAM chips.Have whatever size SSD at release and a booming cottage industry for SSD upgrade cards would flourish around it.Simples![/citation]

It doesn't work that way. You might want to read up on them and see what they look like "under the hood" to understand.