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MacBook Airs to include 160 GB HD in next quarter

by Nicholas Montgomery on Mar 11, 2008 at 01:35 PM

MacBook Airs to include 160 GB HD in next quarter

Intel will be introducing several new SSD, fast solid state drives which Apple may offer customers a 160 GB hard drive for the MacBook Air next quarter. This upgrade from the 80 GB SSD will provide users with double the storage capacity for MacBook Air users. The new drives are expected to be in 2.5-inch and 1.8-inch formats and will compete with Apple’s current supplier, Samsung. Samsung also has promised a 128 GB version of its 1.8-inch SDD in the 3rd business quarter of this year. To compete with Apple existing flash memory drive maker, Intel’s NAND product chief Troy Winslow says that it will boast transfer rates which will be, “far superior to existing offerings.”

In addition to storage capacity Winslow of News.com predicts that prices will drop.

Via [Appleinsider]

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