Comments on: Putting a Computer in Hibernation http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/ from The Wall Street Journal Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:01:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dave Shepard http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Dave Shepard Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:29:18 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/#comment-223 Regarding the LED display/SSD drive laptop, your letter-writer may wish to wait to see what Steve Jobs announces on Jan. 15th at Macworld San Francisco. It has been rumored for several months now that Apple may have an ultra-portable laptop with exactly these features. Regarding the LED display/SSD drive laptop, your letter-writer may wish to wait to see what Steve Jobs announces on Jan. 15th at Macworld San Francisco. It has been rumored for several months now that Apple may have an ultra-portable laptop with exactly these features.

]]> By: Richard Mitnick http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/comment-page-1/#comment-222 Richard Mitnick Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:46:47 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/#comment-222 On the slow start up question, there was little information on the computer. I had this problem because of Zone Alarm's firewall. I got rid of Zone Alarm, got AVG 7.5 Free for A/V and used the Windows firewall and everything is fine. On the slow start up question, there was little information on the computer.

I had this problem because of Zone Alarm’s firewall. I got rid of Zone Alarm, got AVG 7.5 Free for A/V and used the Windows firewall and everything is fine.

]]> By: Dave Barnes http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/comment-page-1/#comment-221 Dave Barnes Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:00:09 +0000 http://mailbox.allthingsd.com/20071227/putting-a-computer-in-hibernation/#comment-221 On the other hand, there is this from http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20071225PD222.html: "NAND flash market sees worsening oversupply The NAND flash market is seeing oversupply which not only affects the spot market but has also impacted contract pricing in second half of December, according to sources at memory module makers. Contract quotes in the second half of December for 8Gb MLC chips dropped 13-25% to an average price of US$3.48, while 16Gb MLC chips saw a drop of 21-25% to US$6.52. Due to limited production volume, SLC chips, on the other hand, did not see a large drop, according to DRAMeXchange. The falling NAND flash contract quotes are due Apple's strategy of decreasing its NAND flash orders in December every year, while 50nm based chips also entered volume production in the fourth quarter this year, aggravating the balance of supply and demand. Although the market expected SSDs (solid state drives) would help ease the oversupply problem, the relative immaturity of SSD products meant that even with the large drops in NAND flash pricing, the cost of SSDs for notebooks is still too high, noted the sources. Some module makers expect prices will have a chance to bounce back in January next year, since downstream makers have cleared up a lot of inventory. However, others expect the imbalance will continue as NAND flash production will increase in January." On the other hand, there is this from http://www.digitimes.com/bits_.....PD222.html:
“NAND flash market sees worsening oversupply
The NAND flash market is seeing oversupply which not only affects the spot market but has also impacted contract pricing in second half of December, according to sources at memory module makers.

Contract quotes in the second half of December for 8Gb MLC chips dropped 13-25% to an average price of US$3.48, while 16Gb MLC chips saw a drop of 21-25% to US$6.52. Due to limited production volume, SLC chips, on the other hand, did not see a large drop, according to DRAMeXchange.

The falling NAND flash contract quotes are due Apple’s strategy of decreasing its NAND flash orders in December every year, while 50nm based chips also entered volume production in the fourth quarter this year, aggravating the balance of supply and demand.

Although the market expected SSDs (solid state drives) would help ease the oversupply problem, the relative immaturity of SSD products meant that even with the large drops in NAND flash pricing, the cost of SSDs for notebooks is still too high, noted the sources.

Some module makers expect prices will have a chance to bounce back in January next year, since downstream makers have cleared up a lot of inventory. However, others expect the imbalance will continue as NAND flash production will increase in January.”

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