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Why Seagate CEO Bill Watkins Isn't Worried About Flash

Good information, thanks. My main thought on flash hard drives is that they will enable production of laptops that are thinner and lighter. At some point, laptops with full keyboards will be thin and light enough at a reasonable price that they could replace PDA's. Personally, I can't stand any of the PDA's because of the entry interfaces. Styluses, thumb typing, and the like are a pain to learn to use and are inefficient. I have looked at a number of "thin and light" laptops over the years, and they all were either not thin and light enough, or they were exorbitantly expensive. A laptop that was about 3/4" thick and weighs 4 pounds that cost $1,000 is what I would be willing to purchase, and then wouldn't need any kind of PDA.