http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/ Engadget Comments for 32GB laptop SSD for less than $100: caveat emptor http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
It might make sense for some corporations that supply laptops, to ensure data integrity. But as a typical (engadget educated) consumer, I have no need to sacrifice speed and capacity for peace of mind, in my desktop that has not been moved in 10 years (monthly upgrades not included).]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Soon, 1 TB platter HD's will cost you less than $100.

Someone here on Engadget argued with me that it would take longer than 2009 to get SSD's this cheap. Told ya so !


I'm betting Blu Ray and DVD's will be replaced by digital downloads within 5 years - poibly 10.
Now that Television has moved from analog to digital and people are basically being forced to pay $100+ a month for their telephone/internet/phone service, cable and Fios speeds will be high enough to fascilitate digital downloading replacing physical media.

It took less than 10 years for MP3 players to largely replace CD players by the way.]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
funny guy.]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/ SSD's are THE FUTURE.
Soon, 1 TB platter HD's will cost you less than $100.
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That's confusing. ]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
Its ok for Flashpoint to be confusing. Didn't you hear he has a Mercedes Benz? That's like a free pass to do whatever you want apparently.]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
You could have fooled me. Cause most of the more intelligent comments I see people posting get low ranked due to their truth or ridiculed due to the stupidity of others.]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/what planet are you on ?

pretty much the only medium you can buy retail in the entire world , is CD.

just because you own an mp3 player , please don't make the mistake of thinking the entire planet is doing what your doing.

the main reason for this deficit is that you can not realistically do much with an mp3 player without a computer, and on the scale things there are still not a lot of households with computers, let alone internet. Thus, there are still not many households (on a world scale) that have an mp3 player or are likley to get one with the forseable future.

CD and even tape recorders are still out there on a scale you cant possibly imagine as an engadget reader.



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I'll wait till 2015 for an SSD.]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
I'll jump on board when they have nicely priced 128gb options.
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Forgetful, albeit stupid, consumers are an American phenomenon. Though Americans have brought in a new class of economic strategy--relying on consumers to be stupid =]. I ain't bashing. I live here, too! Can't wait to exploit it though and build the next Xbox 720 =] and become filthy unrich!]]>Sep 9th 2008 12:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 10th 2008 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
1- cost less.
2- offer more storage
3- run at equal to or faster than
4- require less power

Why pay a premium for something like this. Yes, spinners are bound to fail. But, so it's everything else inside your pc. I'll be waiting for when these cards are ready.]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
Anyway, I love SSDs. I don't have one yet, but looks like they will make their big break sooner than a lot of people predicted. I'd buy a 128GB one for my OS and programs and then just store my backups and media files on my fat NAS. As soon as 128GB ones are relatively affordable that is.

At any rate, it's a major step forward for sure. Once these are cheap as chips that's another "problem solved". Now if they only would debut something to replace TFT LCD screens...
]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Wait...you're saying that because it works fine in Linux, it's not a Windows fault... That makes less than no sense.]]>Sep 9th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
It is slower copying files from itself to a different location on itself, which isn't something that's done that often on a drive that's for booting and nothing else (and at 32GB, it will be that). It was almost twice as fast as a 7200RPM generic platter drive on pure read and write speed in nearly every single test, and boot time was greatly improved as well.

It's slower at 1 thing, but way faster at everything else. Jump on this while you can. (Mine is coming in today, so I'll post updates on how it works in real life)]]>Sep 9th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Sep 9th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/
The size (32gigs) or power draw is NOT what fails in this case, if you are looking at a main C drive with additional hard drive storage drives.
The fact that it's shock proof is not good enough to win over a "small capacity" hard drive to power your OS.
It HAS to be faster period.

I will pass on this one, but IMO, it just means that the manufacturer is unloading these older drives to make room for the newer ones that BEAT ANY hard drive on any benchmark.
I would pay a premium for these new ones any day and fortunately, that premium is narrowing as we speak!!!!
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220261

32GB USB Super fast $105 bucks (AND a $20 Mail-In Rebate)
way smaller n a 2.5" hard drive AND nomoving parts. Prob'ly less power consumption too!
]]>Sep 9th 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/180x means 27mb/s]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/09/32gb-laptop-ssd-for-less-than-100-caveat-emptor/Life begins at 3 gigsbytes per second, thats a real hard drive spec, ]]>Sep 9th 2008 11:05PM