[Karl Viklund @ Jan 9th 2007 6:34PM]

32 GB is just too little. We have HDDs today with a capacity of 750-1000 GB which are not insanely expensive. I want to see what a 750 GB flash disk would cost... 32 GB is just pathetic when it comes to Laptops. But they are really great for MP3-players.

[Ben @ Jan 9th 2007 6:48PM]

The size of drive matters very little. In the context of laptop operation it results in a lowered battery life, immunity (more or less) to repetitive shocks that kill normal platter drives, and access time to data that is unbeaten by any normal hard drive. It's not meant for you to store your entire MP3 collection, it's primarily aimed at business users and the small percentage of gamers that demand such high performance to whom 32 GB is sufficient. Solid state isn't really meant to compete for much of the desktop market simply because the power draw and shock protection has next to no relevance. As it stands now, there are larger models already in the pipeline, and I wouldn't be too surprised if SSD could match the size of perpendicular 1.8" drives within a few years.

[missed_again @ Jan 9th 2007 9:21PM]

Do you have any idea how much faster you can access SSD than you can with a regular HDD?

On a bootup test the SSD beat out the HDD by 6 seconds, which although it may not seem much to you it is a huge lead in terms of read/write times.

I'm excited to see if this will lead to laptops having space dedicated to the Operating system on SSD while still relying on a regular HDD for the rest of the data.

[Ender78 @ Jan 10th 2007 11:29AM]

32GB is plenty for primary storage. There is no reason that a notebook cannot contain both. 32 GB SSD for the OS and 120GB for movies and other media. No notebook has a 750GB drive, I see no reason whatsover for that kind of storage in the field. Need more storage, carry a 3.5" drive in an external enclosure with you.