I like the idea of these SSDs as much as the next guy, but the tech is just not there yet. $550 extra for a 32GB drive? Isn't Vista alone close to a 15GB install? They got to get to a reasonably priced 64GB before I can jump in.
The cost to value-added doesn't make it worthwhile for most users. I thought that we'd see this in Panasonic's Toughbook line as solid-state makes for a reliable drive, but Panasonic seems slow to upgrade its line.
Intel's Robson cache and other manufacture's S/P/ATA hybrid HDD/NAND drives make a great deal more sense as it speeds up most actions while adding a fairly insignificant overhead,
There are more and more SSD laptop announced they days. Nearly all the big data space players have announced that the will produce SSD drives. The SSD space and performance will just go up and the price will go down. At the speed it goes these days, it might happen very fast.
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outoffocuz @ Apr 24th 2007 4:09PM
I like the idea of these SSDs as much as the next guy, but the tech is just not there yet. $550 extra for a 32GB drive? Isn't Vista alone close to a 15GB install? They got to get to a reasonably priced 64GB before I can jump in.
Leonard Nimrod @ Apr 24th 2007 4:33PM
I agree with outoffocouz.
The cost to value-added doesn't make it worthwhile for most users. I thought that we'd see this in Panasonic's Toughbook line as solid-state makes for a reliable drive, but Panasonic seems slow to upgrade its line.
Intel's Robson cache and other manufacture's S/P/ATA hybrid HDD/NAND drives make a great deal more sense as it speeds up most actions while adding a fairly insignificant overhead,
vicalpha @ Apr 24th 2007 6:22PM
There are more and more SSD laptop announced they days. Nearly all the big data space players have announced that the will produce SSD drives. The SSD space and performance will just go up and the price will go down. At the speed it goes these days, it might happen very fast.