On Monday 14 September 2009 14:17:35 you wrote: > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:40:36PM -0400, STeve Andre' wrote: > > Certainly there are SSDs that work just fine, but from the experiences of > > friends, I'd say they're at least 3 times more flaky than disks are. > > Intel had a recall on some earlier this summer, too. > > > > Disks are cheap, really cheap right now... > > Disks for the X40/X41 are not at all cheap. These are a very rare > breed, hence the discussion and frustration of many X40/X41 owners.
Well, I stand corrected. The source I used to buy one doesn't have any more, and it seems that the price for a new 40G disk is on the order of $280, a significant increase from when I bought one. So that makes the SSDs more attractive. I'm still leery of them, though. --STeve Andre'
