SSD Drives finally getting cheaper

A few month’s back I wrote about Intel’s new X-25 Solid state hard drives which were going to be faster cooler and just all around better. The only downside to them is the price! They are very expensive to make and therefore very expensive for you to buy so generally people don’t order them in their computers and not very many are upgrading either. Price is one of those reasons  the other is capacity.

Intel stepped up and is slowly fixing one of those problems and by reading the title I’m sure you have already guessed which one. Yes they are finally starting to drop in price. The 160GB version Intel has slashed prices by $100 USD, which is pretty significant in one shot. The drive should now retail for about $670 MSRP. The 80GB version received a more modest cut at about $50 USD and will now retail for about $320. That still sounds pretty expensive but hey it’s one big step in the right direction for customers. I know I wouldn’t really mind having one of these Intel drives when the price drops more and I’m sure others would too.

While they were at it Intel also increased production on these drives which is why I’m guessing they were able to lower price as much as they did in one shot. Apparently they were hard to get previously. So obviously someone is buying them.