Comments on: OWC Adds Mercury Electra MAX 3G 960GB SandForce Driven SSD to Lineup

By: Mister E

Mister E — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:45:00 +0000

WOW this is amazing!!! 250MB/s reads and writes coming from a SATA II!! Welcome to 2011 OWC

By: Les@TheSSDReview

Les@TheSSDReview — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:42:00 +0000

In reply to Anon.

Not really sure if I agree here. The building cost of SSDs is still very much determined by the present price of memory and that doesn’t include the rest of the build, much of which is obviously the controller.

As with any evolving technology, SSDs are still very much a niche product and to see them now available in laptops and ultrabooks, without inflating the cost of those significantly, is a huge step forward.

Considering the first SSD release was only 2007 and the time since has been, for the most part, a development period, I think SSD progress and pricing is very much ahead of itself.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:12:00 +0000

I’d love to see a BOM on various SSD’s and PCIe flash cards as i feel that the industry is milking us.

Hopefully industry rationalization will not maintain such milkmen attitudes and prices will adjust downwards. Unfortunately if HDD prices are any indication of competition, then we will continue to be milked with flash products.

By: The Muss

The Muss — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:05:00 +0000

I thought the higher storage meant cheaper price. Like inverse proportional

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:21:00 +0000

Wow! In the late 80’s I paid about $1300 for a 1 GB 5.25″ HP HDD to run in my Mac CX to replace my dead 128 MB drive. At the time it seemed like I had more space than I would ever need.