Intel X25 for corporate laptop running XP

[general]

I have a Dell D630 laptop that runs XP. It is cut up into two partitions. It's also running encryption software. I can remove this to copy over the data, but I'm wondering if I'll run into any issues with Windows XP and the X25. I'm looking at the 80GB version and it seems that it is not SLC. Is that going to be an issue or is Intel so far ahead of the bar that it's great even for MLC? Any input?

[iceredwing]

it won't be an issue, the SSD issues you constantly hear about are the SSDs that have the JMicron based controller.

[general]

Any idea on where I can buy one and get the latest firmware already running on there?

[DonDon]

Intel actually has a very easy update process for their firmware.

Just go here (http://www.intel.com/support/ssdc/index_update.htm) and find out more.

From a retail channel, it will be very difficult to determine the firmware revision on the drive.

While I consider them a bit overpriced, they are the best SSDs out there right now.

Don

[general]

They're pretty much the only MLC SSD's that are functional and they have a fraction of the problems that other drives have. It's new technology and they're not made on a truly mass scale yet, so I'm not sure that they're overpriced. Too expensive for you to justify doesn't mean that they're overpriced. I can easily justify it with the productivity gains.

Thanks for the input on the update process though. It sounds like that is pretty easy.

[DonDon]

They're pretty much the only MLC SSD's that are functional and they have a fraction of the problems that other drives have. It's new technology and they're not made on a truly mass scale yet, so I'm not sure that they're overpriced. Too expensive for you to justify doesn't mean that they're overpriced. I can easily justify it with the productivity gains.

Thanks for the input on the update process though. It sounds like that is pretty easy.

I could afford them if I thought they were a good value. My main system has 4 X 30 gig OCZ Solid SSDs going into a Perc 5i caching controller. My second system has 3 X Patriot Warps into an ICH10R controller. At the time, the Intel's were well over $400 apiece, so it was not a good value. With the recent price cuts, they are getting better though.

If Intel had 30 gig models of the -M out a few months ago, I may have gone with them. When I put my arrays together, the Vertex had not been released yet. While both of my arrays are smokin fast, I wish I had waited. ;) Were have I heard that one before?

Don