[Gllug] Flash-only laptop

[John Hearns]

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 13:51 +0100, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:
> Prices for flash memory seem to be coming down every week or two.  I 
> notice Scan has a 4 gig CF for 160 quid.  Insane!  So I'm thinking, how 
> long until we see flash-only laptops?  Imagine the battery life!
> 
I remember seeing a flash-only Compaq Aero on sale in TCR a couple
of years ago. It wasn't a great success.


Nokia have brought out something along those lines.
http://lwn.net/Articles/136576/
Running Linux of course.
There was a bit of a flap over the licensing though.



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