The quiet, efficient, but costly Samsung 32GB Solid State Disk, rolled out just 2 months ago, is finally being put to use. Samsung has introduced the Q30-SSD notebook computer, and the Q1-SSD UMPC, which are simply SSD-ized versions of 2 of their existing products. The Q30-SSD now has the distinction of being the world’s first solid-state laptop.

The benefits of Flash memory are well documented: the stuff is more durable, lighter, uses less power, is silent, boots faster and is speedier. In the case of the Q1-SSD, Samsung started with their model Q1 Ultra-Mobile PC, ripped out the 40GB hard drive and replaced it with the aforementioned 32GB SSD … this reduces the weight of the device by 4% or 28 grams, brings the boot time down by up to 50%, improves the battery life by an estimated 8% to 3.8 hours, but increases the cost by more than 100%, to $2430 … ouch.

World’s First PCs with NAND Flash-based Solid State Disk - Aving News, 2006-05-23

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