Alienware Puts 64GB Solid-State Drives In Desktops

Lucas123 writes "In the face of Seagate's announcement this week of a new hybrid drive, Dell subsidiary Alienware just upped the ante by doubling the capacity of its desktop solid-state disk drives to 64 GB. Dell has remained silent on the solid-state disk front since announcing a 32-GB solid-state option for its Latitude D420 and D629 ATG notebook computers earlier this year. Now, Alienware seems to be telling users to bypass hybrid drives altogether. 'Hybrid we consider to be a Band-Aid approach to solid state,' said Marc Diana, Alienware's product marketing manager 'Solid state pretty much puts hybrid in an obsolete class right now.'"

Comments

Crash recovery

[monk.e.boy]

Damn this is going to make crash recovery a nightmare. When my hard drive crashed I was able to read the data off by opening it up and using a magnifying glass, pen and paper. Using my notes and a typewriter I soon had my old drive data mirrored onto my new drive.

Is it possible to do this with a solid state drive?

The School of Hard Knocks

[User 956]

'Solid state pretty much puts hybrid in an obsolete class right now.'

Yes, well, as a graduate of Solid State, I'm really getting a kick out of his reply.

Re:The School of Hard Knocks

[TubeSteak]

Yes, well, as a graduate of Solid State, I'm really getting a kick out of his reply. As a graduate of Quantum State, I may or may not be getting a kick out of your reply.

Re:The School of Hard Knocks

[thegnu]

Yes, well, as a graduate of Solid State, I'm really getting a kick out of his reply.

As a graduate of Quantum State, I may or may not be getting a kick out of your reply.

And I, as a graduate of String State, am inventing 7 new dimensions to account for humor.

Re:The School of Hard Knocks

[Hoi Polloi]

As a current student at Drunken State I have no idea what any of you are talking about but PARTY ON!