[MissionMan]

Originally Posted by decryption

Is there any signs of SSDs being faster?
128GB-256GB is fine for my laptop, but I want them *faster*, as fast as possible. I don't mind spending the big cash as long as I'm getting the goddamn fastest thing out there.

Would it even be possible that they could make 2x 128GB drives into a single physical unit and have an internal RAID-0 going on? I'd be up for that.

Drives will get faster over time just as the spindle's did. A 7200RPM current drive is way faster than a 7200 drive of yester-year.

PureSI have 1TB SSD's in 2.5" format. The company benchmarked the drives at speeds approaching the maximum bus speed of SATA II (300 MB/s) so anything faster than that will be pretty pointless because there is no real benefit in the current sata 2 machines but obviously read and write can improve. This is the type of thing I am hoping because commercially feasible in the next year because this product has got to be bloody expensive in its current form. Still haven't found any pricing on it yet.

The current cheaper SSD's are pretty slow compared to the specs of the PureSI.

Specs:

1TB SSD in 2.5-inch form-factor (highest density ever at 2.5-inch)
300MB/s SATA II interface
Capacities: 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1024GB
Transfer rate: 300MB/sec
Sustained read: 240MB/sec
Sustained write: 215MB/sec
Random read (IOPS 4K): 50,000
Random write (IOPS 4K): 10,000
Latency
MTTF: 2.0 million hours
Temperature (operating): 0°C to +70°C
Temperature (non-operating): -45°C to +85°C
Shock (operating): 1500G, duration 0.5ms, half sine wave
Vibration (operating): 20G peak, 10~2,000Hz, x3 axis
Active power: 4.8W typical
Idle power: 0.1W typical
2.5in form factor: 100.2mm x 69.85mm x 9.5mm

[Phunky]

I installed my Falcon yesterday, and moved the 500gb drive into the superdrive space using an adapter
It really is not difficult
I took some pics, just need a chance to set everything up and then I can post a proper update

[Alessiman]

My biggest issue is trying to find someone that has one of these blighters in stock!!

[opilot87]

Originally Posted by MissionMan

Drives will get faster over time just as the spindle's did. A 7200RPM current drive is way faster than a 7200 drive of yester-year.

PureSI have 1TB SSD's in 2.5" format. The company benchmarked the drives at speeds approaching the maximum bus speed of SATA II (300 MB/s) so anything faster than that will be pretty pointless because there is no real benefit in the current sata 2 machines but obviously read and write can improve. This is the type of thing I am hoping because commercially feasible in the next year because this product has got to be bloody expensive in its current form. Still haven't found any pricing on it yet.

Wow, really do not want to know how much one of those would set you back. Promising though, if there are those sizes and capacities already being produced, there are gonna be huge price drops coming. From what I remember reading, for the next few years we can expect the drives of comparable capacity to drop 50% each year.

Ollie

[Sam.]

When the MacBook Airs were released, my cousin got one with an 64GB SSD from Apple - it was super fast...

When the new Unibody MacBook Pro 15'' were released in late 2008, i grabbed the 2.53Ghz w/128GB SSD from Apple. Very pleased that i did. I have compared speeds between the stock standard configuration and my machine, and there is a world of difference. I don't see myself purchasing a HDD based portable in the future... SSD all the way...

[Dux]

Originally Posted by decryption

Is there any signs of SSDs being faster?
128GB-256GB is fine for my laptop, but I want them *faster*, as fast as possible. I don't mind spending the big cash as long as I'm getting the goddamn fastest thing out there.

Would it even be possible that they could make 2x 128GB drives into a single physical unit and have an internal RAID-0 going on? I'd be up for that.

SSD drives are just a lot of smaller flash chips working together, hence the fast random read speeds. Technically they are all running as if they are RAID 0.

[mac_man_luke]

If you want fast as possible buy an intel X25 SSD, still about double the speed of vertex/gskill but twice the price also!

[Alessiman]

I just installed a G.Skill Falcon 128G drive in my MBP 13"

All I can say is. WOW!

Huge difference to loading times etc. So much so I am going to get a 256Gig version for my MacPro and use that as my main drive

I was going to get a drobo but speed over backups anyday!!

[Phunky]

Welcome to the club

[dingl]

TechConnect Magazine - Patriot readies Torqx M28 SSDs with 128MB cache

o_0

Thanks for the review... makes me want to spend my tax return on one now

Does MSY sell SSD's? Cant seem to find it on their PDF.