Hands On: MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5-inch SATA SSD Pro Series

April 22, 2008 by Peter Chubb
Filed under Computers, Hard Drives

MTRON have started to launch a range of new solid state disks however the MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5-inch SATA SSD is from their pro series, so you would expect the storage device to perform well in its performance test. Tweaktown has decided to give the new SSD some attention by giving us a full hands on review.

There first impression once they hooked up the MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5-inch SATA SSD was in its performance, Tweaktown said that it was truly breathtaking. However; this comes at a cost and that is the price of the thing, this is due to it being a new technology, well about three years old but as soon as more laptops start to use the device then we should start to see the price coming down.

The new MTRON PRO 32GB 2.5-inch SATA SSD has a hard brushed aluminum case, and just looking at the images you will notice that this 2.5” drive uses standard mounting holes.

As we mentioned early Tweaktown was impressed by the performance of this SSD, there final thoughts were “From everything I have seen by looking at two of MTRONs most popular products, the technology has two areas that it will need to overcome before being considered a true consumer level product. The first is price; the MTRON PRO as of this writing, costs 1159.00 US Dollars as tested in 32GB form.

The next limiting factor is size. A full install of Vista Ultimate with necessary drivers is going to take up close to 20GB, and that is before Office is installed. Most business travelers will use a version of Vista that is not so bloated, but the truly technical traveler will ditch Vista all together and install XP to regain a little extra battery life. At first I didn’t think being limited to only 32GB would be an issue for me until I went to install BAPCOs Mobile Mark 2007 and realized that I couldn’t install the software.

All things considered, the MTRON PRO is fast and I have no doubt that notebooks will gain a decent amount of battery time by using it (we will have to test this when a larger SSD in 2.5 inch form comes around). At this time, I can’t recommend the MTRON PRO to anyone that needs to fill their notebook with the usual goodies like Office, Acrobat and other typical programs that we all use every day as the amount of space just isn’t enough. The good news is that larger 2.5 inch notebook SSDs are available and DV Nation carries a large assortment. The bad news is that 64GB will cost about the same as a decently loaded notebook, and 128GB would cost what a full system does at a boutique dealer like Alienware, close to 4000 US Dollars.”

For their full review visit: Tweaktown