express card as system disk?

With read speeds of up to 125MB/sec (833X) and write speeds up to 30MB/sec (200X), Verbatim’s new ExpressCard SSD offers significantly higher performance than USB-based ExpressCard SSD solutions, due to the throughput limitations of the USB 2.0 interface. Verbatim’s PCI ExpressCard SSD is also enhanced for Windows® ReadyBoost® to allow the user to allocate a portion of the device’s unused storage capacity to speed system performance on Windows Vista™ equipped PCs.

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The read speed is okay, but the internal HDD can give you three times the write speeds (which is important when swapping RAM).

Boot time might be increased, but the read speed is not that fast for a true modern SSD.

I currently have one SSD in my primary HDD slot (Vertex 2 60GB) and even after putting my regular programs onto it, it can boot in less than 30 seconds, though I don't boot that often, as I use the SLEEP feature of my MBP.

I have my old HDD in a FW800 enclosure for 2.5" HDDs and it fully suffices my data storage needs, even though an Optibay solution wold be better.

If you would go the SSD route, including the Optibay for the 500GB HDD, you would come up at around 200€ (1,600 NKr), if you choose a smaller 40GB SSD.

that ssd is sloooooow

http://www.amazon.com/Wintec-FileMa...ZDJ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1289317681&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.com/96GB-FileMate...BHI2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1289317681&sr=8-4



Not as fast, but they are decently fast enough to make a difference. The first one has a lot of reviews from Macbook Pro users.