It was only two months ago that Samsung made an announcement about the 32GB flash memory powered notebook that they are working on. And today, Samsung has told the world that they’re now ready to ship them in June!

This is great news, because flash memories, a.k.a solid-state disks (SSD), have so many advantages over traditional hard drives. And the advantages are all qualities very much sought after in portable computing.

• They are silent
• Because they do not contain any rotating mechanism so there is less chance of failure
• Data are instantly accessible (no spin-ups and spin-downs)
• They are 3 times faster at reading and 1.5 times faster at writing
• Windows XP boots up about 25-30% faster
• They are about 20 to 30 grams lighter
• They consume only 5% of the electricity needed to power a regular hard drive
• They run cooler so your notebook won’t heat your lap

Named the Q30-SSD, the 1.14kg, 287×197x18mm notebook is an ultra-portable that features a 12.1-inch display, 1.2GHz Intel Celeron M 753 processor, 512MB DDR2 RAM, Intel GMA 900 graphics, WiFi and embedded DMB.

Unfortunately, hot gadgets do come with a hefty price. The notebook is expected to be priced at around US$3,700, which is rather significant for a Celeron-equipped notebook. And it is after all a measly 32GB, which is definitely lacking in this era of BitTorrent.