Worm Geek

Recently we have turned your attention to hybrid HDD, now the hardware developers made the next step: hybrid between optic drive and SSD. The novelty is introduced by Hitachi-LG Data Storage and is based on HyDrive optic disk with incorporated flash memory.

The idea of HyDrive is to have a small device with big potential in data storage and system performance. It could be considered as alternative to standard SSD devices and even of HDD in notebooks and nettops.

The first generation of HyDrive will have 32 or 64 GB memory and will be available in August. The plans for the next year includes models with 256 GB memory.

The eMachines company presented their new EZ1601-01 nettop with some very original design solutions. First impression is that this is actually a desktop PC with monitor, keyboard, mouse. But than you realize that there is no desktop itself and it is the design of the nettop that makes it as comfortable to work on as on a desktop.

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