pureSilicon's
original Renegade family just started shipping in Q1 of this year, but as it looks to stay one step ahead of the competition (and provide us all with a version big enough to hold all of our, um,
family photos), the company is already introducing its Renegade R2 family. Designed to meet MIL-STD-810F standards while still offering 255MB/sec sequential read rates and 180MB/sec sequential write rates, these low-height (9.5 millimeter) 2.5-inch
SSDs should fit perfectly within the bulk of laptops on the market today. The crew -- which is comprised of 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB models -- will soon be joined by PATA and 1.8-inch siblings. If you're looking to get your hands on one, most all of 'em are shipping today, though the 256GB flavor and encrypted models won't leave the dock until Q1 of next year.
posted Oct 26th 2009 8:00AM
Anyone able to find reviews on any of their products? All I find with the keyword "review" is stupid press releases.
The quality difference between SSD brands is so great that getting a decent review is absolutely necessary to gage the product before purchase.
Here is my Nostradamus level prediction for what happens with SSD prices:
Over the next few years we'll see a slow decline in prices. Then, the prices will stabilize to where's it's affordable, but kinda costly. This plateau will last a year until it comes out that the SSD manufacturers got together in some price fixing scheme ..after they pay some hefty fines .. the prices will go up slightly .. and then drop pretty rapidly until SSD's are dirt cheap.. Say around 2016.
I believe you. When is the next apocalypse again?
December 21, 2012......
......I guess we won't be able to buy it cheap
2010: 512gb
2011: 1tb
2012: 1tb @ $500 + apocalypse
2013: 1tb @ $250
2014: 1tb @ $125
2015: cheap ssds for all
1tb @ $500+apocalypse looks like a bargain
....... can I use coupons?
I assume the PATA models wont exceed 133MB/sec. Probably more like 80MB/sec in real live. Other than that its great to see more companies making SSD PATA drives to breeze new live into a 3-4 year old notebook.
"and provide us all with a version big enough to hold all of our, um, *family photos*" -- I'm *not* going to your family reunion.
I would.
Ok, where can I sell a kidney?
ebay do you need to ask?
What does that have to do with this article?
High capacity SSDs are expensive, around $600-800 usd. @Landtat, you need to sell two
Noob question.How does a 4GB SSD help? Is there is an OS which has such a small footprint???....I do not know anything about Linux so please do not get angry:)
4gig ssd is good for Vista boot memory. S'possedly speeds up the boot process but I see it as a reason to gouge that much more out of your pocket. So, I guess, speeds up the booting of your cash into PC sellers.
4GB SSD would be perfect for a swap file (or page file depending on your OS of choice).
Also, if you have a mission critical database or program under 4GB but don't care about the OS and want to save some cash...
Plenty of reasons why they'd offer it. Niche sure, but so's the whole market.
I was kinda pleased you already know about linux actually.