Ridata intros $170 SSD

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   16 Jul 2008 ~ 2:05am primesuspect Man, they are finally getting to the price point that mortal men can afford. This is gonna be a frickin storage revolution - with a TON of new players.
   
   What piques my interest is all these new names - SSD drives are so much simpler to manufacture - any electronics assembly shop can put one together. There's going to be lots of new competition, which means the consumer wins.
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   16 Jul 2008 ~ 3:51am Leonardo Although I'm not interested in a 32GB drive, that price is a great tumble from where SSDs were a year ago.
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   16 Jul 2008 ~ 11:31am BuddyJ Here's their full press release with more info:
   http://www.ritekusa.com/pressrelease.asp?pressreleases_id=54
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   16 Jul 2008 ~ 1:35pm primesuspect I'm interested in 32gb drives if you go with the "OS/Apps on SSD" and "Data on other HD" model.... I'm so intrigued by all the rapid advances in storage.
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   16 Jul 2008 ~ 3:29pm Qeldroma Yeah, this is the ball that has to start rollin'. I'm hoping some of the heavies (WD, Seagate, Maxtor) will start to convert and really start to crank this up- but I don't know: 20KRPM before SSD?
   
   I'm being tempted by the VelociRaptor, but if they get to offering a 128GB one of these for the $300.... I'm now beginning to think that it might not be that far of a stretch for early 2009.
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   16 Jul 2008 ~ 5:52pm Leonardo

   "OS/Apps on SSD" and "Data on other HD" model.... I'm so intrigued by all the rapid advances in storage.

   It won't be long before we all face that question when upgrading storage: "Do I purchase the latest mechanical HDD tech or do I spring for the new SSD."
   

   I'm hoping some of the heavies (WD, Seagate, Maxtor) will start to convert and really start to crank this up-

   I have no doubt their engineers and coders are working overtime at this moment. Those three heavyweights have no intention of watching new competitors rip them apart. They won't follow the example of the American automakers in the mid-70's and again (STILL didn't learn) as of late.