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Re:SSD Prices in a Free Fall by rbanffy on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:33AM (#9764180)
I got myself a cheap Acer with 32 gigs of eMMC storage. I removed Windows 8, its restore partition (that took 10 gigs all by itself) and installed Ubuntu. It's not as fast as the "serious" laptop, but it's light, silent, has decent battery life and I won't be devastated if a truck rolls over my backpack. I mean, if I don't have it on my back, that is.

For Python/Django/Twisted development in a couple LXD containers, it's the just right amount of computing power at an incredibly low price.

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Re:SSD Prices in a Free Fall by Kurtz79 on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @11:35AM (#9765343)
eMMC is not the same as SSD, in general it is slower and less reliable (and it's one of the reason the laptop is cheap).

I agree with the sentiment, though, carrying around a lightweight laptop without having to worry about theft/accidental damage is priceless.

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Re:SSD Prices in a Free Fall by rbanffy on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @02:18PM (#9766554)
It's not SSD, but it's flash memory nevertheless, so, the same price predictions valid for SSDs apply to it.

And yes. Carrying a worry-free laptop is priceless.

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