News Bits: Samsung New fast 256 GB SSD, Tranquil PC ATOM , Xboxs Glow

Samsung announces crazy fast 256GB SSD




Uh oh, Samsung's just announced their first 256GB SSD. Not that you needed to know anything more than that to trigger salivation, but the MLC-flash SATA II drive has speeds of 200MBps read and 160MBps sequential write. Not like we'll be able to afford it or anything, but they'll be available come September, with a 1.8-inch version due in Q4.

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Tranquil PC announces Intel Atom-based Harmony home servers



Well, doesn't Tranquil PC seems pretty stoked about their new Atom-based Harmony home servers? Though they're not exactly mind-blowing (to us, anyway), two new fanless models should be shipping in June: the T7-HSAi (left, with a single 3.5-inch drive or two 2.5-inch drives) and T2-WHS-A3i (right, with up to two 3.5-inch drives), both featuring Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, 512MB or 1GB RAM options, and running Windows Home Server. With base configs and 500GB drives, the T7 will start at £278 ($550 US), and the T2 at £299 ($590 US).

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Glow in the dark Xbox 360 enclosure takes you back to 1992





Truth be told, we still can't believe this is the first commercially available glow in the dark Xbox 360 chassis, but then again, glow in the dark hasn't been remotely fashionable since Bill Clinton left office. Still, if history is beginning to repeat itself, you know you want to be first on the bandwagon, and there's no better way to throw it back than with the XCM Glow Pearl case. As it stands, the shell isn't quite ready to be ordered, but we're sure it'll be worth every penny when your BFF sees just how gnarly this thing is in the dark.

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Id love to see the price for the SSD Drive. Probably as much as 2 laptops. But the read/write speeds look superb. So sexy...

 

2 Kidneys plus your heart and its yours

The drive is really tempting

 

I don't think the price will be that outrageous when it gets here. Most likely it'll replace the current 64 GB SSDs at around $1000 retail.

 

yah...really tempting
to think that kidneys nowadays are so cheap that you can trade 1:1 with EEE PC

 

Meh....whoever said it'll be 1000 is ridiculous...perhaps in a configuration it might be, but the drive alone will be well over 1000. A 64GB samsung SSD SATA II is at least 700 to 800 on Ebay. I'm pretty sure with the numbers this new drive is throwing up plus the capacity being 4 times as much, it'll be more than a 200 buck price jump. But of course...yes I'll be salivating over it...and checking prices

 

The capacity of SSDs has quadrupled in just under a year. It won't be that outrageous, $1000 is a good price point.

 

The 64GB SSD hasn't dropped in price in at least a month. I've been watching. It's fluctuated yes but not significantly dropped.

 

The price hasn't dropped because the economy of scale hasn't kicked in yet. They don't sell enough ssd at the moment.

 

and the price of the SSD chips are far more expensive than pringles..
so bear the salivation for a moment and....i think i am going to buy it next year ..
ahhhhhh >.<

 

Give it a year and it will replace HDD at the same price.

 

1 year is not enough.
HDDs have the advantage of space. You just can`t beat a 1 TB hdd in price/performance ratio.No SSD currently can.