So I recently took the plunge and got an Intel X-25M 160GB SSD drive for my laptop. The speed is absolutely insane. The issue I am having though it 160GB is not a lot of space when you want to store all your pictures, music, and virtual machines (VMware Workstation rocks). So I'm not wondering about these new Seagate Momentus XT 500GB Solid State Hybrid drives and want to see if they are the perfect "hybrid" between the old fashioned spindle and the new hotness SSD.
I am hoping to pick up a Hybrid in the next few weeks, so stay tuned and I'll let you know what I find.
Hybrids are not worth it. I got SandForce based Mushkin Callisto 60GB SSD in October, and am blown away by the speed.
ReplyDeleteMy next SSD will probably be around the time the new SandForce 2XXX based drives come out, as shown in this months CES.
Thanks Jon for the comments. Hopefully the price of SSD will become a little more affordable in the future - 512GB would be nice ;)
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