What the hell is up with Intel

[RU482]

Since November, there have been reoccurring sweet deals on 80GB (and larger at times) 2.5" SSDs. Todays daily deal is $69.99 After Rebate. What is driving these deals of late??

Coming from a different sphere, why oh why can't they offer these prices on mSATA or 1.8" drives? Or hey, sell the 40GB model for $50!

My company would buy (literally) thousands at this price!! Meanwhile, we spend our money with Micron and Sandisk

 

[Obsoleet]

New releases on the way, massive production capacity, existing stock.
While the 320 is probably 1 of the top 3 drives out today (Intel 510, 320 and Samsung 830 in my book), it is normally priced a little high considering how much better the modestly priced 830 or Crucial M4s are.

No ones going to regret buying them, I've been using essentially the same drive (G2s) for ~4 years now and still don't feel envy on the new drives (other than larger capacity than my 160GB).

 

[DirkGently1]

I own two Intel 320 160GB but i'm surprised to see prices haven't fallen that much since i bought them. Especially so with the M4 being bargaintastic right now. I suppose there's more competition among the smaller capacity drives but the 320 160GB must be losing out to the M4 240GB big time right now.