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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 11:36 am
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SSD's are getting cheap!

We were discussing this on the iPad thread. I just got an ad for SSD's...

64GB
$192
R/W 230/180 MB/Sec

128GB
$375
R/W 260/195 MB/Sec

256GB
$675
R/W 260/200 MB/Sec
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 11:51 am
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Tiger Direct had a decent 60gb SSD for $130 after rebates and Bing cashback.
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 2:32 pm
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The 64GB is now almost in sync with a USB flash drive. According to dealram.com the cheapest USB is $156 all in.

Of course the SSB is much, much faster. Here is the specs for the $156 Transcend:

Read 25 MByte/s, Write 15 MByte/s
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