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Hybrid Drives are VISTA ONLY. Your thoughts?
Isn't it wierd that Hybrid Drives ONLY run on Vista and not any other OS like Linux? Something's obviously up.
MY GUESS:
The point of the Microsoft-Samsung partenership was to make the drives ONLY compatible with Vista - aka Shi'sta. This was done by Microsoft getting the patents for the ReadyDrive software, it's necessary for the drive to work, and the Hybrid Drive hardware. To make Samsung agree they offered a bribe per drive sold and didn't ask for royalties.
If software developers want to use ReadyDrive like software in their OS - they can't. This is because Microsoft and only Microsoft can licence ReadyDrive. So would they licence it to a rival developer with a rival OS? NO WAY!
If a hard disk maker where to make a Hybrid Drive device they would licence the hardware patent from Microsoft - like Seagate did. Microsoft won't give them the licence if they won't use ReadyDrive - which can only run on Vista because of Micro$oft's patent.
Thus HHDD is now OS locked.
Well, you partly right and partly wrong. Hybrid Drives can be used with any OS, even linux. It is just up to the manufactor to write drivers for the OS. Even microsoft said this. (a manufactor can chose to write drivers only for windows, i guess, but i don't think they would limit themselves)
ReadyDrive, which is not the same as a Hybrid Drive, uses flash memory all by its lonesome (not intergrated into a hybrid drive BUT it may be used).
I was confused at first, but it breaks down like this. (at least I think, i still may be confused). A hybrid drive can be used in any OS, as long as the manufacture makes drivers for it. The Flash memory part of a hybrid can also be used as a ReadyDrive if, in fact, it bought a license from microsoft. So their are two levels that a hybrid drive can be used. As a regular hard drive (with just a bunch of cache thanks to the large amount of flash memory. Still a hell of a lot faster than a normal HD with a 16 MB buffer) or it can be used by Vista ( and only Vista) as a ReadyDrive. It still works like a normal hybrid drive but when it is working under ReadyDrive, it is much more optimized to run Windows. And ReadyDrive is not just limited to the flash memory of a hybrid. Some ( so i have read), motherboard manufactors will be putting flash memory directly on their motherboards, with ReadyDrive.
But this does not mean it will work ONLY with ReadyDrive. the manufactors of these hard drives (and soon, motherboards) can buy a linsence from Microsoft so that it works with ReadyDrive AND also leave a back way into the flash memory so that other develpers, namely people who like Linux and Macs, can write their own code so they can also take advantage of the flash memory.
But this is also guessing on my part. This is just too new and things have not been voted on and such. We will just have to see what the manufactors do.
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