To continue yesterday's conversation, my copy of MaximumPC arrived today... Some of you may want to pick up a copy at your supermarket magazine rack.
On Page 75, there is an article entitled, Samsung 256 GB MLC SSD Expensive but Worth It The copyrighted article starts out with... "Samsung's new 256GB SSD crushes the competition in capacity and write speeds." "Solid state drivdes show immense promise with regards to reliability and read speeds, but current-generation models are rife with drawbacks. Due to NAND flash memory's architecture, writing data to a block (after the first time) requires copying th entire contents of that block to cache, erasing it, and rewriting it with the added data. Large numers of small writes run the risk of overloading the SSD's disk cache, causing high latency. Multi Layer Cell (MLC) sold state drives, especially those utilizing JMicron's JM602 controller, are particularly susceptible." Then after five more paragraphs, ends with, "Samsung doesn't currently plan to offer the 256 GB MLC SSD through normal retail channels, but it's available on NewEgg and other aftermarket retailers for $670, andas an OEM add-in in some Dell and Alienware com;puters for $500-$700. Its read speeds are nearly on par with the X-25M, its writes are much faster, and it has three times the capacity. If you've got the scratch, this is one of the few SSDs currently out that we can unreservedly recommend." They also report that Intel has an X25 M drive with 80 GB, and Western Digital VelociRaptor has a 300GB drive out. I suspect things will now move very rapidly. After the Christmas rush, we will see a lot of change, monthly, and a year from now more reasonable prices. Buy up those rotational drives from Seagate, Samsung, Western Digital, Fujitsu, Toshiba, and Hitachi now because the world of laptop hard drives has just changed drammatically... Thi8s is the July 2009 issue that has "21 Instant PC UPGRADES" on the cover... yellow and black. RayBay ________ It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress. ... .... ..... ...... Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
