Solid prices?
Intel has announced it's dropping the price of its 2.5 inch solid state drives (SSDs). The new prices are in the table below, but note they're for OEM/channel. ‘M' signifies notebook/client models and ‘E ‘signifies models designed for enterprise.
When these drives started shipping last September Intel only published the price of the 80GB version in the press release - $595. So they've chopped $200 of that one at least.
A quick look at Scan's SSD page reveals the 80GB Intel X25-M is available for pre-order at £304.73 at time of writing. That's still a relatively high price per GB, but Intel is clearly still comfortable pricing its SSDs at the premium end.
| Model | Price |
| X-25M 80GB | $390 |
| X-25M 160GB | $765 |
| X-25E 32GB | $415 |
| x-25E 64GB | $795 |
What do you think; are the prices now low enough that you would consider buying one? Let us know in the HEXUS.community.
