Laptop shipments have doubled in each of the last three years, says Seagate. SEDs are still a long way from being a mainstream sector, even in business despite attempts to push the technology since at least 2008. But the figures are still miniscule when set against the 150 million drives the company might ship in a single quarter, which is where the challenge comes. The company is now quoting total sales figures of more than 1 million, which are not much of advance of a similar figure offered informally in May last year.”]