User wrote:

> Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>
>>
>> They're not that cheap, and in a number of ways they're not that
>> reliable. There are a few high-end laptops that use it, and it's a big
>> improvement on start-up and shut-down times if you have a BIOS that also
>> knows how to be quick.
>
> This is kinda cheap:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820141349
> If you are referring to the 1GB intel turbo-ram offered on high-end
> laptops running vista this does not apply. I was babbling about
> installing the OS on a 4GB or 8GB ramdisk. The above link demonstrates
> that flash-mem prices are falling fast, so what is keeping the mb mfg's
> from hard-wiring it into the board itself?
>
All drives can eventually fail. I wouldn't want to have to rely on a flash
memory drive hardwired onto my mobo. Also, journaled file systems,
intensive logging, etc. would contributed to the decreased lifespan of such
a device.

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