Where are the big SSD?

[drjaymez]

I need a larger macbook HD, and I would love to have a 500 GB or 1 TB SSD. Anybody heard anything in terms of timeframe on these things? I'm willing to shell out the bucks to some extent. I saw a 1 TB SSD at CES, but pureSilicon doesn't even have any SSD on their website that I can find. I'm sure OCZ and Intel are working on this as well.

 

[amp88]

I need a larger macbook HD, and I would love to have a 500 GB or 1 TB SSD. Anybody heard anything in terms of timeframe on these things?

Q4 2009 according to Toshiba for 500GB.

edit: Hmmm, it looks like this ASUS VX5 laptop has a single 1TB SSD in it (the one you mention from CES?). Here is some more information about it, release for consumers in Q3 2009.

 

[-=Antimatter=-]

You could buy another Macbook for what you'll spend...

 

[drjaymez]

hehe. I'm happy with my Macbook. I just want it to have a large, wicked fast SSD in it!

 

[drjaymez]

Thanks for the linkage Amp88.

 

[aznx]

Why not swap out the super drive for a 2nd SSD?

 

[drjaymez]

Why not swap out the super drive for a 2nd SSD?

I use the DVD drive to watch movies at work when I am not busy. Good thought though.

I think I will just limp along. If I can buy a terrabyte 2.5" SSD by the end of '09 for less than $1250 or so, I think I will go for it.

 

[Ockie]

You will spend probably more than a whole new macbook on such a drive.