Samsung revealed a laptop with a 32 gig flash drive at CeBIT this year. Booting side by side with a traditional laptop with the spinning platters that we've all got, this thing was up and ready almost twice as fast.

Of course, twice as fast also translates to ten times more expensive. If it were in stores now, this drive would set you back about $900, a cost of $30 per gigabyte. Harddisk drives for laptops are currently closer to $2.50 per gig. So, even with the speed, the durability and the efficiency, Samsung has a ways to go before these drives go mass market.