128GB Solid State Drive Suitable for MacBook Air

[Counter]

Solid state drives are the way forward, but this thing is gonna cost more than your life when it first comes out.

 

[Tosser]

Speaking of SSD – has anyone found a reasonably fast, reasonably priced Expresscard32?

I'm thinking of getting me either a 16 or a 32GB to plug into my MBP, install the apps, and what have you on it, and merely use the internal HDD for files (writing/reading huge audio files to that).

Edit: I ought to start a new thread instead, but the "posting rules" at the bottom says "You may not post new threads" …

 

[legacyb4]

128GB... almost getting to a size that I'd consider swapping out my Macbook drive for. Of course, the price of the drive would probably be close the current cost of the Macbook itself!

 

[niemo810]

This really belongs on Page 2 with no sizes or pricing listed...

YAAAAY for third party hardware manufacturers getting attention for something that might not even fit into the MacBook Air!

 

[Fukui]

Great

Great, now all they have to do is make one with 4GB of ram, and I'm there. Gimme gimme!!

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Speaking of SSD – has anyone found a reasonably fast, reasonably priced Expresscard32?

I'm thinking of getting me either a 16 or a 32GB to plug into my MBP, install the apps, and what have you on it, and merely use the internal HDD for files (writing/reading huge audio files to that).

Edit: I ought to start a new thread instead, but the "posting rules" at the bottom says "You may not post new threads" …

You may not post new threads in the "News and Article Discussion" section, because the only threads here are for official MacRumors-created stories. You would have to create it in the appropriate sub-forum.

The big problem with ExpressCard SSDs is that all of the 'reasonably priced' ones use the USB interface, and really aren't much faster than standard USB flash drives. The reasonably fast ones are *not* reasonably priced by comparison.

(The ExpressCard physical interface has both a PCI Express x1 connection as well as a USB 2.0 connection; the card may use either one. For example, I have a FireWire 800 ExpressCard that uses the PCI Express connection, and a 12-in-1 flash memory card reader that uses the USB 2.0 connection.)

 

[Tosser]

You may not post new threads in the "News and Article Discussion" section, because the only threads here are for official MacRumors-created stories. You would have to create it in the appropriate sub-forum.

Oh! Haha! Splendid. Thanks for the heads up!

The big problem with ExpressCard SSDs is that all of the 'reasonably priced' ones use the USB interface, and really aren't much faster than standard USB flash drives. The reasonably fast ones are *not* reasonably priced by comparison.

True, i guess it depends on what one figures is "reasonable". I am thinking faster than the MBA's SSD, albeit smaller –*say 32 or even only 16GB (16GB for this sort of use is perfect for me – anything above is bonus), not over 600US$, as that is where I have decided the

(The ExpressCard physical interface has both a PCI Express x1 connection as well as a USB 2.0 connection; the card may use either one. For example, I have a FireWire 800 ExpressCard that uses the PCI Express connection, and a 12-in-1 flash memory card reader that uses the USB 2.0 connection.)

Bummer. I assume there is an easy way to tell if it's one or the other it makes use of, right?

 

[jayducharme]

Hmm, seems like it would be much easier to encrypt and psw protect your documents instead.

Possibly. But if I lost the Touch/iPhone I would then have to re-load all the documents. Actually, it's a moot point right now with the Touch, since except for Jailbreaking there's no way to load anything onto it.

It's a toss-up right now IMO whether online or on-device storage can be more secure. Many people now trust their money with online banking. It's only a matter of time before most people are comfortable trusting "information banks."

 

[!¡ V ¡!]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Macbook Air is going to be a seriously kick-a** computer in 2 years!

Now if TimeCapsule only had a built-in SuperDrive, one would not require some third-party Optical Drive solution at all.

MacBook Air is the right step forward, and time will only improve on its abilities.

 

[kaiwai]

IIRC there is a new flash technology under development which should increase the chip density and thus making the technology alot cheaper. With the SSD's today they rely on a large number of chips all hooked up together - once you start seeing 16GB on a single chip, the cost of say a 128GB drive should come down, along with the reliability going up.

 

[triune]

Are you thinking of buying an Air and replacing the 80GB drive with a 32GB SSD and coming out a lot cheaper than the standard SSD version? I suppose that is quite possible as there are a bunch of 32GB SSDs out there.

Has anyone done this yet? I'm just wondering if this is technically possible or not. If so, I think I might take the approach of buying an 80g HDD version now, and putting in a SSD when the prices fall down a bit in a year or two...