Solid State Drive

- Created by: M-Systems, now part of SanDisk
- First introduced: 1995
- Capacity: 16 GB - 256 GB

Solid State Drives are an alternative to hard disk drives, containing no moving parts, thus resulting in quicker information access. Solid State Drives are beginning to appear in laptops, but are currently more expensive than standard hard drives.
Advantages
- Faster startup
- Faster boot
- No noise
- Reliability
- Performance
Disadvantages
- Price
- Low capacity
- High vulnerability
- Limited write cycles
- Slow write speeds
- Low storage density
History

The StorageTek company created the first solid-state drive in 1978. The Sharp PC-5000 introduced in 1983 used 128 kilobyte solid-state storage cartridges with bubble memory. M-Systems then introduced the flash-based solid-state drives in 1995. The drives have been used successfully by the military and aerospace industry and are now beginning to be used in regular laptops.

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- ASUS Eee PC 900 16G (8.9" Display, Intel Mobile CPU, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Solid State Drive, XP Home) Galaxy Black - $329.99
  
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- OCZ OCZSSD2-1VTX60G 60GB SATA 2 Vertex Series Solid State Drive (Black) - $290.99
  
  Offering your system the incredible performance of flash-based technology, The OCZ Vertex Series delivers the performance and reliability of SSDs at less price per gigabyte than ot...
  
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- OCZ OCZSSD2-1SLD60G Solid Series SATA2 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive - $229.99
  
  OCZ Solid Series SATA 2.5-Inch SSD,Read: up to 155 MB/sec Write: up to 90 MB/sec
  
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- OCZ OCZSSD2-1VTX120G 120GB SATA 2 Vertex Series Solid State Drive (Black) - $500.99
  
  Offering your system the incredible performance of flash-based technology, the OCZ Vertex Series delivers the performance and reliability of SSDs at less price per gigabyte than ot...
  
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- ASUS Eee PC 901 8.9-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 12 GB Solid State Drive) Fine Ebony - $279.99
  
  Easy to Learn, Work, and Play 7.8 hour battery life allows for "One Day Computing" Travel light, weighting only 2.43lbs Drop tested, Shock-Proof design Wireless 802.11b/g/n con...
  
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Solid State Drive Questions

Whats the best place to buy solid-state drive? 3 Answers

I have found the best places to be local tech stores. In my case, Microcenter always seems to have the best deals. A 16GB flash drive for $12! read more

When will solid state drives become more affordable? 256Gb for $100 1 Answer

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