http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/ Engadget Comments for Kingston makes the SSD upgrade easier with SSDNow V bundles http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/Jun 3rd 2009 9:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/Jun 3rd 2009 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/
Get a 500GB 7200rpm or even a 5400rpm and it will hit these numbers, cost up to half as much, and store almost 4x as much. Spinning platters FTW!]]>Jun 3rd 2009 10:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/
But even the VelociRaptor is slower than a single Intel X25-M.

http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531]]>Jun 3rd 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/180 IOPS vs 8000+
(best SAS out there vs the best SSD out there)

There certainly reasons for using SSDs, even in desktops.]]>Jun 3rd 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/This look like they are geared towards laptops given the consumer use and 2.5" form factor, a velociraptor isn't really going to fit the bill there.

@gimpbully
While true, these drives are far from the 'best' SSDs out there. ]]>Jun 4th 2009 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/
Actually, the actual VelociRaptor has similar dimensions as a regular 2.5" laptop drive, it's its thickness that makes it incompatible with most laptops. The big block surrounding the drive itself is a heatsink. Take the block out and you have something that is faster than any laptop hard drive on the market.]]>Jun 4th 2009 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/
-JT
jthandbook@verizon.net]]>Jun 3rd 2009 11:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/
I'll probably snag a pair of SSD's for a Raid 0 boot drive in like a year or two when everything is bulletproof, faster, and cheaper.]]>Jun 4th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/Jun 4th 2009 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/
http://www.eetimes.com/rss/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217701697&cid=RSSfeed_eetimes_newsRSS

Doing what I suggest would fix wearout, one of my two main gripes about SSD's and why I will be a slow adopter until something like this is done. (The other, of course, is cost, which the above might make worse. ;-) )]]>Jun 4th 2009 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/Jun 4th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/kingston-makes-the-ssd-upgrade-easier-with-ssdnow-v-bundles/Jul 27th 2009 2:05PM