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12.5mm thick used to be the standard for all but thin/light laptops (and 15mm and maybe even thicker way back when) but I haven't seen one for at least 5 years.]]>Jan 31st 2007 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/Feb 1st 2007 12:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/Feb 1st 2007 12:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/
By the time a 120GB SSD is available for the current price of a 120GB hard drive, you'll likely be able to buy a 1-2 TB hard drive for the same price.

The costs of the basic hard drive components (i.e., case, metal shell, motor, etc.) that are the same for any capacity hard drive limit its minimum cost, however. For this reason, SSD's will eventually displace lower capacity hard drives. Expect 20-40GB notebook hard drives to be the first to disappear.]]>Feb 1st 2007 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/
Flash prices/mb were down 30% last quarter, and an additional 30%+ drop is expected this quarter. Sandisk is saying OEMs are looking to introduce the drives in performance laptops once the price hits $300 (which we should get to by the 3Q +/- a quarter depending on how fast the bottom falls out on flash.]]>Feb 1st 2007 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/
So that means that a 64GB drive based on them would cost over $992 and a 128GB drive would cost over $1984.

So using these chips you are paying $15.50 per GB. In the most expensive 2.5" laptop hd I could find on newegg (Toshiba 200GB, $223.99) you are paying $1.12 per GB and on an on a randomly chosen 100gb drive (Hitachi, $90) you are paying $0.90 per GB.

The point is, as much as I want it, flash has a LONG way to go.

And on another note, 20GB drives will completely vanish rather quickly since Vista Home Premium requires 40GB min.

Just my 2c.]]>Feb 1st 2007 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/Feb 1st 2007 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/
1YB = 10^15 GB]]>Feb 3rd 2007 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/31/simpletech-announces-worlds-thinnest-2-5-inch-64gb-ssd/http://www.pqi.com.tw/product2.asp?oid=142&cate1=151&PROID=280 . The SATA model of the 64GB is out now, with the IDE to follow early March '07.

And here is where I have found that entire line of SSDs (and much cheaper than SimpleTech, try finding a price on the SimpleTech. I'm curious, but I bit its WAY over $10,000) - http://www.dvnation.com/nand-flash-ssd.html]]>Feb 6th 2007 1:59AM