32GB 2.5" IDE Samsung Solid State Disk Drive $999 £500.00

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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  I think IDE sustained transfer rates are only around 40MB/s? So the IDE interface might be a bit limiting here ;)
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  greyster6 years, 1 month ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  U got money to burn here admin?
  
  Nice bit of kit, HDs are the slowest part of the PC (being mechnical) so I guess this will give your PC some buzz, like giving it lucozade.
  
  I won't be liable for anyone who decides to give their PC lucozade rather than this disk.
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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  U got money to burn here admin?

  
  
  hehe I wish. It came out of the discussion in the iPod thread although I have been watching prices on these for a while. I think they'll be cheap enough to buy in a year or so unless iPod's pick them up and they become mass market then the price will drop like a stone.
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  barneydog6 years, 1 month ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  It's a great piece of kit but it would have to come down to about £100 before I could justify buying one
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  currychops6 years, 1 month ago #5Show comment toolsReply

  Fujitsu Siemens are marketing a laptop with this storage system...as you say expect prices to fall and capacities to increase...it's in its infancy at present but is the future storage system.
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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #6Show comment toolsReply

  Fujitsu Siemens are marketing a laptop with this storage system

  
  
  Do you have a link? I believe the Sony UX series use SSD but didn't know of any sub-notebooks or full notebooks.
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  barneydog6 years, 1 month ago #7Show comment toolsReply

  Admin

  Do you have a link? I believe the Sony UX series use SSD but didn't know of any sub-notebooks or full notebooks.

  
  
  Lifebook P1610 and LifeBook B6210
  
  see article here
  
  http://www.computershopper.co.uk/?news/news_story.php?id=108086
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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #8Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks!
  
  

  Unfortunately the company is only offering the new models to parties interested in buying 50 or more. Estimated prices per unit are expected to be around $4000 each.

  
  
  http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/7068/8092/fujitsu-lifebook-ssd-flash-laptop.phtml
  
  Group buy? hehe
  
  SSD in laptops is so right in so many ways - use less power, less heat, faster, quick boot - it's so good.
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  Johnmcl76 years, 1 month ago #9Show comment toolsReply

  Hybrid hard drives are a better solution for now though - you get most of the advantages from both. The high capacity of a conventional hard drive with the quick access to common files and lower power of a solid state system. Shame they seem to be coming very slowly to market.
  
  John
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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #10Show comment toolsReply

  I say skip the hybrids and go straight to full-on SSD though. If they can make a 32GB SSD at the $1k price point I can't see that with some economy of scale we couldn't have it at $200 easy within the year and doubled in size. Look how cheap small SSD is already - you can buy 4GB CF for what? £30?
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  barneydog6 years, 1 month ago #11Show comment toolsReply

  Admin

  I say skip the hybrids and go straight to full-on SSD

  
  
  I agree and you can get a 4GB flash drive for £17.99 delivered from play so multiply that by 8 (and I know it's more complicated that that) and 32GB becomes sub £150
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  Xad6 years, 1 month ago #12Show comment toolsReply

  Out of curiosity, are SSDs limited in anyway (eg. space, size, technology etc) or can we in a few years see SSD's with terabytes of storage space :w00t:
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  currychops6 years, 1 month ago #13Show comment toolsReply

  Admin

  Do you have a link? I believe the Sony UX series use SSD but didn't know of any sub-notebooks or full notebooks.

  
  
  Sorry Admin but I don't have a link...I read about it on a weekly mailshot from either Computer Shopper or Computer Buyer.
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  Cyrus6 years, 1 month ago #14Show comment toolsReply

  thats a lot of money for those advantages
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_state_disk
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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #15Show comment toolsReply

  Good link Cyrus. According to that there's a 3.5" 160GB in the works and apparently the 32GB sandisk is being sold to computer manufacturers for $350!! At that price it's feasible.
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  djfluff6 years, 1 month ago #16Show comment toolsReply

  Umm... you can get a 32GB one here for £339 ... :whistling:
  
  http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=558790
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  Admin[admin]6 years, 1 month ago #17Show comment toolsReply

  Nice spot djfluff - but it's not available and not even an ETA. When that one comes out I suspect we are going to see the first big drop. It's the one everyone's waiting for...
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  Cyrus6 years, 1 month ago #18Show comment toolsReply

  djfluff

  Umm... you can get a 32GB one here for £339 ... :whistling:
  
  http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=558790

  
  
  I STILL think its too much lol
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  seancampbell6 years, 1 month ago #19Show comment toolsReply

  If it was SATA I'd replace my raptors! Though no complaints there (aside the noise! )(... and the old school interface negating some of the 10000rpm's utility).
  Superb boot disk though.
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  djfluff6 years, 1 month ago #20Show comment toolsReply

  They have the 16GB version in stock for £172 , which is big enough to put vista\xp on .....

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