256gb Ssd! Wow

[Airbozo]

if you get them for testing, let us know the results if your allowed, i know how some companys can be with stuff on loan "DOn't you tell anyone now, OR YOU DIE" sort of thing

Yeah we have been through that too. We just went through that with some 1TB drives in different raid setups. They did not tell us until we had already done all the testing that any information had to be cleared through them before release. We said no thanks and returned the drives. Their main concern was that we are not an "Official" testing house, even though we use the same software and in fact the exact same test setup that other "officially" blessed testing houses use. That is why we are trying to get one of our vendors to pony up with the loaners. That way they can have the results of our tests and we can share them around...

[Omega]

at least it's not this expensive...

[Greco101]

I was way off on the price. Look what the 128gb's go for on newegg...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820609259

But that's also 2.5"

[TheGreatSatan]

How fast of a boot are we talking here? These things just seem unusually stupid and pointless. I don't get the appeal.

[Scotty]

They're faster than raptors at most things sometimes by quiet a bit, can't think of any results off the tiop of my head, theres some reviews around though.

They also consume a hell of a lot less power.

[calumc]

I've heard of 5 seconds with linux on a ssd

[Omega]

Yeah, I've heard of 3-7 second boot times on WinXP

SSD's are fast, light, don't use a lot of power. Hence the price.

[TheGreatSatan]

Ain't worth the price. I'll just get Gigabyte i-Ram instead.

[xRyokenx]

Aren't these drives more durable too? That itself would be a reason to buy one for a laptop or tablet.

[calumc]

I thought they still have a limited number of writes? and they do have a shorter lifespan