Ritek's 16GB and 32GB SSDs starting at a low, low $270

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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.

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