Solid State Drives (SSD) Linux

[James McDonald]

Steve Jardine wrote:
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> I would wait a little longer. They are really trying to get the writes faster. 
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So what I thought would result in a performance gain really needs a few 
more years of devel. I was hoping that it would get away from the speed 
of a swinging read arm and move up to the speed of light.
> I believe that if you buy one now, you will be paying the target market price. That is the latest in write speed because the target market at this time is embedded. Many dist's discontinue the slower drives as soon as they come out with a faster drive. The faster drives seem to come out every other week. So, the price is kept high..
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Yes 600 AUD for a 32GB drive is very steep and over 1000 for 64GB is 
even steeper.
> My .02 worth..
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> Steve
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