SSD’s Get Cheaper: SuperTalent solid-state disks in 30GB, 60GB, and 120GB

The biggest downfall to desktop computers and laptops over the years has been the slow progress of hard drives, yes they have moved on but so much slower than all the other technology like graphics cards and processors. Now the good news is in the more recent months and years we have seen SSD’s (solid-state disks) show up on the market. The reason this is exciting for the hard drive department is they have no moving parts like the run-of-the-mill storage in our computers, this means much faster file movement and quicker boot-up times for your PC.

The bad news is price and this is also the reason you do not see many laptops or desktops with SSD’s in local stores, they are around but as soon as one gets added, the computers price goes through the roof. You only have to look at the MacBook Air, look at the higher model, its the SSD mainly that moved that price up so much.

We know that the prices will come down in 2008 and 2009, but we are also hearing today that SuperTalent have added three new SSD’s to their line-up and these cheaper models are MLC flash-based gear. You can expect to pay $299 for the 30GB version, $449 for the 60GB and $699 for 120GB. Although it’s still a high price in comparison to regular hard drives, in the Solid State Disk world, that’s pretty good. You can expect to get some astounding sequential read and write speeds as well.

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