Verbatim cranks out ExpressCard SSD for PC and Mac users

While certainly not the first ExpressCard SSD we've seen (heck, it's not even the first one from this week), we're practically drooling at the thought of these becoming more pervasive. Here at Macworld, Verbatim has announced its new 34mm ExpressCard SSD for PC and Mac users, which promises to be some five times faster than USB-based ExpressCards thanks to its true PCI-Express interface. The drives will ship at the end of next month in 16/32/64GB sizes, and we're told to expect read speeds of up to 125MB/sec and write speeds of up to 30MB/sec. Curious about pricing? Try $99.99, $149.99 and $299.99 from least capacious to most.

[Josh Ladella @ Jan 6th 2009 11:09AM]

I need something bigger.

I've been spoiled by magnets.

[solarpos @ Jan 6th 2009 11:10AM]

I'm curious to see how flush they sit, or how far they stick out. Still, the more the merrier, costs will go down and soon we'll have a 128GB Exp/34 SSD avail for < 200 clams. That's when I'll buy one, esp if it is doesn't stick out too far from the side of my MBP.

[morcheeba @ Jan 6th 2009 11:43AM]

They say it's a regular card size and it fits flush.

[Eric Warnke @ Jan 6th 2009 11:15AM]

Even the 32GB one would be great if it sat flush with the MBP case. Large enough to hold the OS, swap, and temp.... man that Mac would boot fast and would power through most activities. Just don't forget the set up PS temp to the SSD.

[LostAtoll @ Jan 6th 2009 11:41AM]

man, this would be great, but would you be able to boot off of it?

[Dax Cruz @ Jan 6th 2009 11:43AM]

Question: Is this compatible with Sony's XDCAM-EX system? They both use the ExpressCard standard, Sony' and Sandisk's cards happen to be way too pricey ($800) for 16GB....

[jeremyw @ Jan 6th 2009 12:08PM]

I sure hope it works in the Sony EX camera. The pricing looks good, speeds seem good on paper, but need full support (over/under cranking) that the MxR just doesn't offer quite yet.

[leftside @ Jan 6th 2009 12:33PM]

great for running an external VM for software development

[nephersir7 @ Jan 6th 2009 2:51PM]

since when does PC = Windows and doesnt includes Macs?

[Patriks7 @ Jan 12th 2009 2:02PM]

Been like that for ages..