Intel Officially Launches the X25-V 40GB SSD

[FiXT]

Despite the fact that the drive has been available from retailers since January 2010, Intel announced today a new addition to its award-winning lineup of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs): the Intel X25-V Value SATA SSD. Priced at $125, the 40 gigabyte (GB) drive is aimed at value segment netbooks and dual-drive/boot drive desktop set-ups ... [ Read full article ]

[Daft]

wait a tick. my friend came over to my house 2 weeks ago with his x25-v that he got off of newegg. how is it that they officially launched it today?

[FiXT]

I don't know actually... seems like Intel is a little off the ball with their PR's because your right, the drive actually hit store shelves back in January


However as you can see here: Intel Brings Affordable Solid-State Computing to Netbooks and Desktop PCs
Apparently it has just be officially announced - Weird.

Updated article intro

[artistpavel]

Looks like a good replacement for Vertex 30GB.

[Daft]

alright. that makes sense. im starting to wonder if NVIDIA and Intel share the same PR staff

[gingerbee]

very late this has been out for a while now. bought a couple fro clients laptops a few weeks ago