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Thursday, April 24, 2008

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Toshiba SSDs Heading to 512GB

The size of Solid State Drives (SSDs) keeps marching upwards and we hope the price keeps coming down. Toshiba is about to roll out its 128GB models this summer but is now talking about improvments in their manufacturing that will lead to 512GB SSDs in 2009. Those same improvements should lead to price reductions as well. According to this article from Electonista several other companies are looking at bringing 256GB size SSDs to market by the end of the year.

So here’s a question. What’s the price value point for you? Right now SSDs add a pretty stiff price premium to any Tablet PC or mobile computer you might buy. How does that figure into your decision. I know Rob loves SSDs and swears he won’t go back to a spinning hard drive. What about you?

Tags: SSD, Toshiba

Hardware | Toshiba | Tablet PC

4/24/2008 5:50 AM MST

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Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:08:17 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I'd have one in a minute if I could afford the premium. I would dearly love to go back to my TC1100 as my day-to-day machine, and the speedup these drives provide might just make that feasible.

Mark Payton

Thursday, April 24, 2008 7:34:12 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I think the sweet point will be double the cost of a comparable 5400rpm hard drive, at least for portable and mobile devices (not necessary for desktops except for high-performance machines). I think most people, myself included, will be eager to pay that much for the increased speed, extension of battery life, and that thing that's occupied my time, reduction of heat. Of course, the price of hard drives keeps dropping too, so by the time it reaches that price point, the cost will be much lower than what it would be today.

Sumocat

Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:29:18 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

"I know Rob loves SSDs and swears he won’t go back to a spinning hard drive. What about you?"

If you'll send me an SSD I'll be happy to let you know if I'd go back to a spinner. :-)

Michael Harrison

Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:01:24 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

My sweet point is 128GB and $500.

I rather expect that I would spend more for one right now, but the 128GB is important, and I don't think I would go north of $1,000.

Paul

Paul Harrigan

Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:14:38 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Let's hope PATA still gets supported for legacy hardware besides SATA 2.5" SSD.

Bruce Miller

Thursday, April 24, 2008 1:14:40 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Let's hope PATA still gets supported for legacy hardware besides SATA 2.5" SSD.

Bruce Miller

Thursday, April 24, 2008 8:09:57 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

64gb @ $300 and I'm in!

Edward Lee

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