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Intel will have an SLC NAND solid state drive under the X25-E series that will arrive in a 32GB capacity today and a 64GB capacity early next year. The 'E' in this case stands for 'enterprise' as that is the target audience for these products. The X25-E drives will have much faster write speeds than the desktop-based X25-M - a difference of 70 MB/s versus 170 MB/s. Where write speeds are most important is where you'll find these much more expensive hard drives.
All of these drives, enterprise and desktop models, will use a SATA 3.0 Gb/s controller that incorporates an improved controller for better performance than other SSDs (according to Intel), advanced dynamic wear leveling technology and support for Native Command Queues. The only pricing number we have so far is for the Intel X25-M 80GB model we are reviewing here today: $595. No, definitely not cheap but let's wait until the end to see how our performance matches up...
All of these drives, enterprise and desktop models, will use a SATA 3.0 Gb/s controller that incorporates an improved controller for better performance than other SSDs (according to Intel), advanced dynamic wear leveling technology and support for Native Command Queues. The only pricing number we have so far is for the Intel X25-M 80GB model we are reviewing here today: $595. No, definitely not cheap but let's wait until the end to see how our performance matches up...
ok, i dunno if you have to spend $600 on an 80gig ssd drive to have an efficient modern rig, but it sure wouldn't hurt...
Well, if I had the money...no, wait. I would rather add $600 to a new build of a lappy. Now if I had the cream-of-the-crop lappy (that didn't have a ssd), then I might play with the idea of buying it.
