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Intel X25-M (1st gen) 80GB SSD $230 at a couple places now!

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You might want to wait for the new drives:

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Title: Intel Confirms Data Corruption Bug, Halts New SSDs Author: ScuttleMonkey
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CWmike writes "Intel has confirmed that its new consumer-class X25-M and X18-M solid state-disk drives (SSDs) suffer from data corruption issues and said it has pulled back shipments to resellers. The X25-M (2.5-inch) and X18-M (1.8-inch) SSDs are based on a joint venture with Micron and used that company's 34-nanometer lithography technology. That process allows for a denser, higher capacity product that brings with it a lower price tag than Intel's previous offerings, which were based on 50-nanometer lithography technology. Intel says the data corruption problem occurs only if a user sets up a BIOS password on the 34-nanometer SSD, then disables or changes the password and reboots the computer. When that happens, the SSD becomes inoperable and the data on it is irretrievable. This is not the first time Intel's X25-M and X18-M SSDs have suffered from firmware bugs. The company's first generation of drives suffered from fragmentation issues resulting in performance degradation over time. Intel issued a firmware upgrade as a fix."


 
Thanks for the tip about the firmware bug. ZipZoomFly says the "estimated delivery time" of the new Intel drives is 8/15/09, and their price is basically the same. So I guess there's little reason to buy these old ones now. How quickly things change!

 
Yeah, same price so it is worth it to wait. G2>G1 for TRIM capability alone! G2 Bare drives seem to be about $230, retail $270. But you are right, the new revision is pushing down prices for the old and competitor SSDs. Very surprised Intel is pricing these things so aggressively when they are the performance leader, and now a price leader.
 
Originally posted by: Mongoloid
Yeah, same price so it is worth it to wait. G2>G1 for TRIM capability alone! G2 Bare drives seem to be about $230, retail $270. But you are right, the new revision is pushing down prices for the old and competitor SSDs. Very surprised Intel is pricing these things so aggressively when they are the performance leader, and now a price leader.
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This is a huge market they likely intend to keep - they were in the market once before (RAM) and the Japanese squeezed them out. Now they can compete with the traditional HD makers who won't be so likely to be able to effectively undercut them like the Japanese/Asian manufacturers - Seagate & WD. Those companies need to realize that if they don't drastically change their business model, they could be shuttered in the next 5-10 years.

This time next year I'll make a wager that PC's over $600 come with SSD based hard drives. Dell, HP etc have to love them as it removes one of the top failure points associated with their systems (even one repair call probably seriously dents the profits they made on selling it) and we'll likely see much cheaper $$$ per gigabyte SSD's.

Further, I would imagine another Viiv or similar that requires an Intel SSD to complete the package. Otherwise it is hard to sell the common consumer on SSD equipped PCs, but Intel will be highly incentivised to put the money behind this. Think of them not only as a CPU leader in 5 years, but a storage leader as well. Crazy. They have to have execs salivating over this. Go buy Intel stock.

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Originally posted by: Mongoloid
Yeah, same price so it is worth it to wait. G2>G1 for TRIM capability alone! G2 Bare drives seem to be about $230, retail $270. But you are right, the new revision is pushing down prices for the old and competitor SSDs. Very surprised Intel is pricing these things so aggressively when they are the performance leader, and now a price leader.
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price went down from 320 to 220$ MSRP (which people sell at 230). Cost to manufacture went down to half what it was before. So actually intel is making more money per drive on the G2 than it did on the G1.
 
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Originally posted by: Mongoloid
Yeah, same price so it is worth it to wait. G2>G1 for TRIM capability alone! G2 Bare drives seem to be about $230, retail $270. But you are right, the new revision is pushing down prices for the old and competitor SSDs. Very surprised Intel is pricing these things so aggressively when they are the performance leader, and now a price leader.
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price went down from 320 to 220$ MSRP (which people sell at 230). Cost to manufacture went down to half what it was before. So actually intel is making more money per drive on the G2 than it did on the G1.
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Not MSRP. 1,000 min QTY prices to purchase direct from Intel 😉
 
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