Pretec unveils 64GB and 128GB ExpressCard SSD drives

The kids at Pretec sure love taking things to the limit. Whether they're announcing the world's smallest microSD reader, the largest CF card, or submerging their new flash drive in water, they have a certain fondness for the dramatic gesture. While the company's newest endeavor doesn't provide an occasion to head down to the shooting range, the new ExpressCard SSD is available in both 64GB and 128GB flavors denominations, and boasts hardware-based AES256 encryption / decryption and a dual ExpressCard / mini-USB interface. On the scene now at CeBIT 2009.

[skyblaze Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:17PM]

SSD? as an expresscard?? incomprehendable...

by the way.. engadget default ava thingy vs. android mascot... who would win? (yea. very bored.)

[Oli D Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:26PM]

Chuck Norris wins even if hes not competing.

Haven't you learned anything at school?

[Love It Posted Mar 3rd 2009 3:53PM]

No, RAY MEARS wins. He always wins. Put Ray in a room with nothing but a grain of sand and he'll make a shelter, a fire and cook a meal for 20 people. RAY WINS THE INTERNET.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 5:17PM]

Ya, but Mel Gibson might win and might lose. Cuz he's just a normal guy.

[skyblaze Posted Mar 4th 2009 8:43AM]

@Oli D

o jeez not him again XD

[Templarian Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:18PM]

So the express card slot has a purpose other than holding the remote?

If only the cost/benefit beat the idea of an external drive.

[vitriolix Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:48PM]

If the SSD laid completely flush with my case so I could just park it and leave it in there, that would be worth a bit of a price premium. would be interested in seeing the speed specs on this sucker too...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 5:18PM]

lol, that's what I thought.

That's an expresscard slot? I thought it was just the remote holder

[looselycoupled Posted Mar 3rd 2009 5:29PM]

U mean except for a eSATA or Firewire 800 card, 3G modem, TV Tuner, etc..

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:35PM]

test post

[Oli D Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:43PM]

It worked

[Catbertz Posted Mar 3rd 2009 3:24PM]

This was a triumph!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2009 5:19PM]

congratulations.

[HerbieDerb Posted Mar 3rd 2009 2:50PM]

hope it doesnt communicate to the MB through the USB ports in the slots like the other sloooooow ones out.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 2:39AM]

Well, since the MB doesn't have a ExpressCard slot i guess it'll communicate through USB. :)

With some decent write speeds it could be a good option as a OS drive on my MBP, without loosing the capacity of the existing hard drive.

[HerbieDerb Posted Mar 10th 2009 8:13PM]

MB = motherboard... not macbook