ExperCom today announced the availability of a solid state drive upgrade for Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro notebooks.
Solid state drives (SSD) use technology similar to flash based memory. They have no moving parts which makes the drives less likely to fail or be damaged in the event of an accident. Solid state drives can access data more quickly than standard hard drives, so you’ll enjoy a boost in performance when starting up your computer and opening files and applications. Write speeds on an solid state drive can be slightly slower than a conventional hard drive.
The solid state drive upgrade is available for order today. They come pre-configured with a MacBook Pro 15” 2.4GHz with a 120GB solid state hard drive for US$2649 and a white MacBook 2.2GHz with a 60GB solid state hard drive for $1649.
ExperCom also offers an upgrade of any configuration of new Apple MacBook or MacBook Pro to an SSD drive: $550 for the 60GB SSD and $850 for the 120GB SSD.
Owners of any MacBook or MacBook Pro can send in their laptop and have the hard drive replaced with a SSD for $599 for a 60GB and $899 for a 120GB. The service includes the installation of the solid state drive and data transfer from their hard drive.
ExperCom, an authorized Apple Specialist and Apple Authorized Service Provider, was started in Logan, Utah, and has specialized in Apple computer sales and service for eleven years.
More info here.
Nice to see the prices coming down. I can’t wait to see the test results on speed and battery life.
This is really jumping in capacity quickly, I wonder how long it will take for SSD’s to have more capacity for the same form factor for laptops.
Then I’ll be interested in getting one, right now I have a 160gb hard drive and that’s just not enough for me, I’ve been seriously looking at getting a 300gb hard drive, and even that might not be big enough…
How about the MacBook Air? I’d like to upgrade my HDD model to SDD when the price & capacity are right.
Only $850 to have a smaller (in GB) and little faster HD! Woo?
This type of drive only offers advantages for those that need to ruggedize their laptops by eliminating the delicate hard drive mechanism. Some will find this appealing, but it is not quite right for most of us.
I wonder what they mean by “technology similar to flash based memory”. What is it if not flash memory? DRAM, or volatile memory, would be much faster, but needs a non-volatile container for data when powered down.
How about an upgrade for an iPod or iPhone from flash?
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