03-29-2012, 03:23 AM
john dough wrote:
My gut reaction is that they are selling (relatively) smaller SSDs and have a rebate associated with it, so that when you send the UPC in, you cannot return the drive (usually the UPC has to be intact for a return).
Where 60GB-90GB used to be ok for a SSD (when those drives were > $350), a quality 240/256 GB SATA 3 SSD can be purchased for around $300 on sale. If this trend continues, you will see SSDs for 75¢/GB by the end of the year (or around $180 or so delivered).
Seems like a good fit for a netbook.
Well, just like monetary amounts can mean wildly different things to different people (see the guy on the news tonight for having elevators for his cars) this project is worth $80 or $100 to me, but definitely not $300.