http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/ Engadget Comments for Dell adds $450 SSD option to XPS M1330 and M1530 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 13th 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
Even so, might be worth buying the laptop with one, ripping the drive out and selling the laptop on with a normal HDD in it.]]>Aug 12th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
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I'm personally waiting that the next gen MBA will have at least 128 GB and hopefully 256 GB.]]>Aug 12th 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
Those cheaper OCZ Core drives seem to be getting a pretty bad rap.

Nonethless, I would imagine that even by next year, we'll have some pretty exciting choices for our computer upgrades.

And our kids will grow up asking us if we ever used those crazy spinning metal disk things. The 8-track of our generation ='(]]>Aug 12th 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/"NOBODY remembers Chinpo!!!"
"awww :("

Yu Yu Hakusho abridged FTW!]]>Aug 12th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/>!? YU YU YU YU :) =| ^_^

..?]]>Aug 13th 2008 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 14th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
I was actually worried to mention it to anyone for fear it might get too much "notice", and be pulled.

The only other laptops I found with this size SSD were offering it for about 3 times the cost.

The reviews I've seen of the "normal" 64GB SSD offered earlier in these models have been generally positive, so I've got my fingers crossed (in a BIG way) that it'll hold true for this as well.

Should find out around the first of the month!]]>Aug 12th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
I'll be very interested in these things once they get the kinks out. Yes, it might be more reliable. Or less. And likely more shock resistant, probably. As long as everything stays attached. But so far not lower power or faster. I presume both of the latter issues will be resolved over time, at which point you'll really really want one of these. But it might be a different version to get the speed up, with changes to the hardware, and a new version of Vista, and ...]]>Aug 12th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
I'll be ecstatic once 256GB SSDs hit the market, especially with some of the speed claims from manufactuers I've seen posted on Engadget]]>Aug 12th 2008 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 13th 2008 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 12th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 13th 2008 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/Aug 13th 2008 2:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
We want S-I-L-E-N-C-E. Are you listening Dell?]]>Aug 13th 2008 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
Thanks]]>Aug 13th 2008 4:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
Could anyone explain how this can be so cheap ,even considering buying the whole laptop?


thanks]]>Aug 13th 2008 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/12/dell-adds-450-ssd-option-to-xps-m1330-and-m1530/
Dell ships exclusively with Samsung SSDs. The 32 and 64GB models are the higher end SLC SSD, while the 128GB and soon-to-be-released 256GB models are the lower end MLC SSD. SLC is a proven technology, used in the military and government for the past 2-3 decades. MLC is relatively new - far cheaper, but reliability is questionable since it's too new for long term data.

Typically, SLC drives are faster than MLC and hard drives in 1) access times (the most critical thing for booting programs and OS), 2) transfer rates (though this is dependent on the drives being compared, though the SLC SSD has a constant speed throughout), 3) have no noise since no moving parts (also cooler, more rugged/resistant to shock, and lighter), and 4) use less power (though the battery life is debated in Tomshardware, again it depends on the make and model; however, higher end ones like Mtron and Memoright definitely give you better battery life).]]>Aug 13th 2008 1:12PM