Imation has unveiled several upgrade kits for those users who want to upgrade the SATA hard disk drives in their netbook to faster solid state drives. The new kits come with 64 or 128GB SSDs. There is also an external USB enclosure into which you can place your existing hard disk drive just in case you don’t feel like throwing it away.
The kits are, however, overpriced. The 64GB SSD now retails for $211.99 at Buy.com and the 128GB kit will make you lighter by $359.99. That means this drive costs as much as a low-cost netbook. So if you find these drives too costly for your taste, you should look elsewhere. And fortunately for you, you will not have much difficulty finding 64GB SSDs selling for $150 or less. But they won’t carry the Imation trade mark.
A-DATA has launched its 512GB XPG 2.5-inch SSD at the CeBIT 2009 in Hannover. A-DATA claims its new 512GB XPG 2.5-inch to be the highest capacity SSD in the 2.5-inch category up to date. The new A-DATA SSD offers read speed of up to 230MB/s and write speed of up to 160/s with its SATA II interface and comes in a lightweight aluminum casing for durability. The XPG 2.5-inch solid state drive is exclusively designed for notebooks and PCs.
Ah! The sweet smell of more memory never fails to dull our senses.