At no additional cost to customers, the Modbook Pro will now have an original Modbook Pro Sanshara-class 120GB high-performance SSD as internal storage in its base configuration, nearly doubling the previous specification.
ENGADGET: Baseline Modbook Pro gets its RAM, storage and screen sensitivity doubled, stays at $3,500
The installed base of HDD storage capacity is growing at a 57% cumulative annual growth rate (drive by the storage capacity of the shipped drives as well as the number of drives shipped).
Maybe you should temper your storage expectations a bit, as the base model actually only allots 23GB of that space for use.
ENGADGET: 128GB Surface Pro ships with 83GB free, 64GB has only 23GB
So GE is determined to come out with a battery system that will store energy, but the investment costs are enormous as it needs to develop a massive storage system for a huge global customer base, says Wlliam Schmitz, president and CEO of WindTamer (WNDT), a maker of wind power generators utilizing proprietary technology for elecrtric generation and energy management.
FORBES: Power Opportunity for GE, et al: How To Store Wind/Solar Renewable Energy
One winner is Phison Electronics, a fabless flash storage device maker that has used its Taipei base to gain market share worldwide.
The Surface RT suffered the same issue when it launched late last year -- the 32GB base version only included 16GB of storage, while the 64GB version had 46GB available.
ENGADGET: 128GB Surface Pro ships with 83GB free, 64GB has only 23GB
It includes a new workshop and storage facility near Houston's energy corridor and a new base at Villahermosa, Mexico.
So rather than advertise, they turned their small but loyal customer base into salespeople, giving away 250 megabytes of free storage in exchange for a referral.
New storage systems are increasing using flash memory for system acceleration, such as faster transaction processing and data base searches.
Since Storage Options arrived in the UK in 2010, the brand has gone from strength to strength successfully growing its customer base and expanding its product portfolio into many new areas.
ENGADGET: Storage Options pads out its budget ICS slate lineup by two
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