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http://anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3631

You may want to start with the previous article if you need a good understanding of why SSDs do the things they do:

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So far, the available options for the ExpressCard slot are a huge disappointment.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/
http://www.fusionio.com/
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I'm not willing to spend the cash on an SSD large enough to hold everything that I need to have on the C drive so I had to go back to the *old* spinning drive. ]]>Sep 2nd 2009 8:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Regards,]]>Sep 2nd 2009 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/
I'm willing to bet that there are enough enthusiasts that will pay ~$3/GB for performance on the smaller drives, which should bring the pricing down considerably as they saturate the market. Again, assuming there are no more supply chain issues.

I don't know if I'll be able to hold out like you're planning on doing. I think I may take the plunge with Windows 7 at the end of this month.]]>Sep 2nd 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 2nd 2009 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/
Anandtech's SSD articles are really good, though.

In my opinion, the top SSD right now is Intel's X-25M G2. Nothing else comes close and its not that much more expensive. It's random access time is way faster than the closest Vertex....]]>Sep 2nd 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/Sep 8th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/02/ssd-shootout-round-iii-ocz-corsair-and-photofast-butt-heads/
Given that a 3.5" floppy held 1.44 megabytes, you used to pay over $3,000 per floppy disc? I've got boxes of old ones I can let you have for just a few hundred dollars each, less if you buy lots.

What I find interesting is that everybody compares SSDs with SATA or PATA discs, this is not comparing like with like as SSDs cost an order of magnitude more, a fairer test is between SSDs and Fibre Channel discs which are mainly 15,000 rpm and have far better reliability than SSDs. The major difference is that for FC you need a rather expensive interface and the energy consumption of the SSDs is lower. The actual speed difference between SSD & FC is minimal.
Of course when they start making SSD FC media.....]]>Sep 3rd 2009 5:55AM