[Beowulf] Re: ECC support on motherboards?

[Guy Coates]

Robert G. Brown wrote:
> On Wed, 21 May 2008, Kozin, I (Igor) wrote:
> 
>>
>>> b) Laptops.  I'd REALLY like a flash-driven laptop.
>>
>> Who wouldn't? But what's the typical lifespan of flash memory?
> 

The short answer seems to be "longer than you are going to care about."

http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ssd_write_limit


Guy (yet another happy eee-pc owner)

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