Recently, I started seriously looking at getting a solid state drive (SSD) as my primary boot drive. After careful consideration, I have concluded that they still are not ready for prime time from the enthusiast gamer's point of view. The two biggest deterrent factors are the cost of SSD's and their life expectancy. As of today, an Intel X25-M SATA Solid-State Drive costs $US595 in quantities of 1000. Another very disturbing issue is the fact that regular defragmentation of a solid state drive would dramatically decrease it's life expectancy. As it stands, the earliest I see myself having an SSD is sometime around 2010.