Flash drives to begin replacing HDD within 2 years?
Flash drives, which unlike traditional hard drives do not have any moving parts, will be common in notebooks bought during 2009 and account for 15 percent of that market by 2011.Solid-state drives (SSDs) -- hard drives based on non-volatile flash memory, rather than moving parts -- will have a 15 percent share of the notebook market by 2011, according to Jack Gold, proprietor of US-based analyst firm J Gold Associates.