Seagate SSHDHD technology is up to 5 times faster than a standard 5400RPM notebook hard drive.

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Easily handling the most compute intensive tasks, the LIFEBOOK S762 notebook features a magnesium-alloy cover, hard drive shock sensor, WWAN support, an HD WXGA LED backlit display, and optional NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 640M LE with NVIDIA Optimus(TM) technology for longer battery life.

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Finally, HP will soon ship a new notebook, the 17-inch dv8000, with dedicated graphics card, 240GB max hard drive, AMD Turion 64 processor, and QuickPlay for bootless media capabilities.

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Apple, for example, has also frustrated hard-disk drive makers by featuring solid state drives across its line of notebook computers and eliminating spinning disks in the MacBook Air, its thinnest, lightest model.

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In a normal power scheme, after a half hour the notebook will drop to hibernate, which takes the bits in memory, puts them on the hard drive, and shuts off power to memory.

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The SanDisk Extreme SSD consumes 30 percent less power than a hard disk drive while generating less heat and noise, making it an ideal solution for notebook users who want to maximize their battery life while computing on the go.

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