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 Taking a cue from its competitors, Fujitsu's now updating their laptops with an upgrade available for their B-series (late October) and Q-series machines (early November): the option of replacing their hard-disk drive with a flash drive system.
The flash drive was chosen due some of its advantages over hard-disk based systems, including lower power requirements reduced weight, higher impact resistance, and faster start up time.
Flash drive-equipped B-series laptops will have an extra 15 minutes of runtime, with the Q-series laptops having an extra 30 minutes. The flash-drive option also cuts the Windows XP Home Edition start-up time down from 32 seconds to just 19 seconds in both machines.
The flash drives are made by competitor Samsung, and can also be found in Samsung's Q30 laptop and Q1-SSD ultra-mobile PC machines. Another noted flash-drive release is Sony's UX90; the 16GB flash drive is an optional replacement for its hard-disk drive.
Fujitsu will be releasing two options for the upgrade: a 16GB pack for ¥80,000 (USD$670), and a 32GB pack for ¥160,000 (USD$1,340).
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