Dell announced that two of their laptops will be offered with solid state drives.  The Latitude D420 ultra mobile and the D620 semi rugged notebooks will be the first offered as such.  The drives themselves cost $549, but Dell sees potential for flash-based drives due to better reliability, increased performance and noise reduction.

SSD is a hard drive alternative based on flash memory.  It has no moving parts, unlike a traditional hard drive.  It can integrate into existing systems. 

"A solid state drive is an excellent storage technology for our mobile users," said Kevin Kettler, chief technology officer at Dell. "We are committed to leading the industry in delivering these new drives and will offer them across Dell’s next generation of Latitude products."

Personally, I think this is a great idea.  As more people adopt to this idea, the price will fall.

Read Dell’s Press Release

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