I think we were talking about this in the chat a few days ago. My take on SSD technology is that it's relatively new, but definitely promising. I've learned over the years that unless you've got a disposable income and the desire to be cutting edge, avoid being an early adopter. Prices are decidedly expensive for these dealies, and they will eventually die after a few years. On the positive side, two things that are VERY impressive are the significantly lower power consumption, and zero noise.

Generally speaking on SSD,s I'd like to see two things; better access times and throughput rates, and longer lifespan. Being solid state, I'd expect these to have better performance than what I'm currently seeing. Don't get me wrong, they're impressive, but I'd still expect more for what they are and the prices being charged. Second, the overall usable lifespan needs to be much improved. I've got HDD's that are 12+ years old that saw heavy use, and still run like champs, however it's a given that an SSD drive will eventually fail as there are only so many read/write cycles Things like background defragmenting processes can also lower the lifespan of these drives for those who aren't technically inclined or have the background knowledge.

Here's to hoping that we see some improvements by the time I my next upgrade cycle comes around next year.