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Rumors of an Intel SSD price drop on April 26th?

VirtualRain

VirtualRain

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Someone is spreading rumors that a price drop is coming soon...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/687475/

A retail shop employee said on a Japanese PC forum that Intel was expected to reduce the price tags of its X25-M series around April 26.

At the same time, HP Japan announced that it will start shipping its new mini 2140 notebook with X25-M 80GB for about $800 (or 79,800 yen) at the end of this month, which is only about $100 more expensive than the 160GB 7200rpm HDD model. According to HP site in US, the price difference is currently $325 in US, which may support Intel's price cut rumor.

If the price cut is true, I'll replace every HDD I have now!

For those who can read Japanese: HP's mini notebook with Intel X25-M 80G and Intel's price drop rumor.
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I can only hope this is true... It would be great to be rewarded for my procrastination in ordering a pair. :D
 
Wait and see :rolleyes:

Maybe one can fix the price today in US here?

Price in Germany (cheapest dealer):
Intel X25-M 80GB, 2.5", SATA II (SSDSA2MH080G101): € 340,- = USD 440,- :eek:
Intel X25-M 160GB, 2.5", SATA II (SSDSA2MH160G101): € 670,- = USD 866,- :eek:

Looking forward to what´s happening around April 26th :eek:
 
Funny as I just bought an Intel X25-M two weeks ago :p

Guess I should get one for a Windows partition if the price drops further.
 
The Intel X25-Ms are one of those rare technology purchases that I don't really care if they get cheaper. Bought two for a small fortune about 4 months ago and still worth every penny. It's bleeding edge technology so it'll obviously get cheaper as time passes. A fantastic purchase regardless of price, especially with the recent BIOS update to fix the reported fragmentation issue over time.

The best upgrade I've ever made :)
 
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Wow, drop of 13% - what an earthquake :D;)
We will see, how much of the price drop will reach the European market :confused:
Looking at your prices overseas I could cry all day long :(

But it gives hope for 2010 anyway :)
 
More said:
The Intel X25-Ms are one of those rare technology purchases that I don't really care if they get cheaper. Bought two for a small fortune about 4 months ago and still worth every penny. It's bleeding edge technology so it'll obviously get cheaper as time passes. A fantastic purchase regardless of price, especially with the recent BIOS update to fix the reported fragmentation issue over time.

The best upgrade I've ever made :)
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I am a big fan of the x25. RAID 0 on a pair of 80gb for boot is just fun (regardless of how wasteful it is).
 
For MBP?

Just to be sure, these 2.5" SATA Intels fits directly into my first gen MacBook Pro 15.4"?
 
In Germany the price of the 160 GB Intel X25-M dropped from € 670 down to € 588 along the weekend.
That´s about 12%. But the lower prices are set by other dealers than before.
We will see, what happens the next days.

No price drop for 80GB Intel X25-M so far at all.
 
Taskinen said:
Just to be sure, these 2.5" SATA Intels fits directly into my first gen MacBook Pro 15.4"?
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Yes, I have one in the 1st generation MacBook Pro (Core Duo model).

Although it can be a bit tricky to get inside the MacBook Pro if you don't have the right tools.

Here is a harddisk replacement guite for the MacBook Pro (1st generation) that should be quite helpful.
 
What are the differences? I can´t find one at all.
But prices are different in the same shop :confused:

80GB version
SSDSA2MH080G1C1
SSDSA2MH080G1C5
SSDSA2MH080G101

160GB version
SSDSA2MH160G1C1
SSDSA2MH160G1C5
SSDSA2MH160G101

Using google I found something like "Bulk Pack" for *G1C1 :rolleyes::confused:
 
I'm tempted to buy an SSD drive (well, actually two and then RAID0) but I'd prefer to wait until OS X 10.6 is out. Prices of SSD drives should slip a little and OS X 10.6 is supposed to be tweaked to the max for greater performance. I'm excited.
 
To "wait until..." will of course let the prices come down ;)

Edit 05:38 p.m. CET
The 160GB version slipped down another 2% since this morning.
And the 80GB SSD is still not moving :confused:
 
Mac Husky said:
What are the differences? I can´t find one at all.
But prices are different in the same shop :confused:

80GB version
SSDSA2MH080G1C1
SSDSA2MH080G1C5
SSDSA2MH080G101

160GB version
SSDSA2MH160G1C1
SSDSA2MH160G1C5
SSDSA2MH160G101

Using google I found something like "Bulk Pack" for *G1C1 :rolleyes::confused:
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As you can see from the X25-M data sheet, the last two digits of the part # are for the "ordering information" which I suspect describes different drive order quantities and has nothing to do with drive performance...

http://download.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/mainstream-sata-ssd-datasheet.pdf

Update: I just ordered a pair from Newegg!!! :D

BTW, They are also $319 from Amazon now as well.
 
VirtualRain said:
As you can see from the X25-M data sheet, the last two digits of the part # are for the "ordering information" which I suspect describes different drive order quantities and has nothing to do with drive performance...
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Thx for the information.

The price for the 80GB version now is ~10% down in Germany as well.
Actual price is € 301,50 from the cheapest online seller (396 USD).
 
Mac Husky said:
To "wait until..." will of course let the prices come down ;)

Edit 05:38 p.m. CET
The 160GB version slipped down another 2% since this morning.
And the 80GB SSD is still not moving :confused:
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10.6 is rumored to be out by the summer. I doubt this, I think it will be out in around september/october. This isnt that long of a wait, and I dont need RAID0 in SSD form just yet, I dont feel like going through all the installation procedures twice (now when I buy two SSDs and again when I install a fresh copy of 10.6).
 
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