Intel’s SSD technology is looking great - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 9th Jun 2008, 12:37

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06...ooking-great/1

COMPUTEX 2008: All has been quite on the Intel SSD front since IDF Shanghai in April, but the company has revealed more out at Computex.

bahgger · 9th Jun 2008, 12:48

Wow this sounds interesting. I can't wait to see future developments! I personally do virus scans on my PC whenever I'm not using it, but I also leave it on all the time because bootup is one boring process. The introduction of these SSD's would let me do virus scans while I surf the net since it wouldn't take too long.

Burnout21 · 9th Jun 2008, 12:53

very interested. I was toying with the idea of slapping a SSD in my laptop, then i remembered its only got a IDE interface. guess a new lappy is in order! haha

[USRF]Obiwan · 9th Jun 2008, 12:57

I never do a HD virus scan, seems pointless to me to scan the same stuff everyday.. What I do use, is the live 'monitor' of the scanner.

I want SSD... CHEAP, MORE GB and I want it NOW!

Denis_iii · 9th Jun 2008, 13:05

256GB SSD for around 100quid is when I'll step in and buy one, can't wait for intel to release. any ETA?

Veles · 9th Jun 2008, 13:11

Ruggedized?

Tim S · 9th Jun 2008, 13:30

I was told more would be revealed at IDF... so maybe it's closer than we think

Xir · 9th Jun 2008, 13:48

Current usb-thumbdrives don't go below ca. 3€/GB... so I'd expect it to be expensive for a while...

bowman · 9th Jun 2008, 13:56

We all know SSDs are utterly awesome, apart from the cheap ones they mostly all are, but I'm more interested in how the raw numbers on read/write and price will look compared to the competition.

ssj12 · 9th Jun 2008, 16:41

Where are the 3.5" SSDs?

Kipman725 · 9th Jun 2008, 17:02

SSD's are good but how long does a virus scan usualy take as I never have to run them?

bowman · 9th Jun 2008, 17:40

ssj12, MTRON does 3.5" ones but from others they are rare.

Mr_Sinister · 9th Jun 2008, 17:48

This is a very interesting piece of tec and i will be keeping a eye on this

dyzophoria · 9th Jun 2008, 18:48

well, come on a virus scan was just a demo, its a good benchmark on how fast "all" your files on your hard disk are accessed, it makes sense to use it as a demo IMHO, rather than firing multiple apps up, since apps can be cached, a virus scan? no

anyway, things are looking good for the SSD front, more competition may result in a faster adaptation and price drops of SSD's

Nexxo · 9th Jun 2008, 19:03

Price?

The_Beast · 9th Jun 2008, 21:32

^^^ secound that ^^^

it's going to be a long while before I invest in SSD

mclean007 · 10th Jun 2008, 10:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xir

Current usb-thumbdrives don't go below ca. 3€/GB... so I'd expect it to be expensive for a while...

SSDs have a while to go before they hit the price per GB of cheap USB flash sticks though - I'd be more than happy with a 32GB for €100 / £75 or a 64GB for €200 / £150, which is about the €3 per GB you quote, but at the moment you're looking at more like triple that.

The day a 32 GB SSD hits <=£100 inc VAT is the day my OS leaves the mechanical domain permanently.

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bahgger Supermodder Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 584	Wow this sounds interesting. I can't wait to see future developments! I personally do virus scans on my PC whenever I'm not using it, but I also leave it on all the time because bootup is one boring process. The introduction of these SSD's would let me do virus scans while I surf the net since it wouldn't take too long.

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Denis_iii Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 874	256GB SSD for around 100quid is when I'll step in and buy one, can't wait for intel to release. any ETA?

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