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Anybody know. I know their original 64GB is MLC, the Samsung 128GB 1.8" is MLC, and so is the Intel 80GB 1.8"...

Do they have an SLC SSD at all??

Thanks...

currently ... no MLC chips are so much cheaper and with newer controllers they get faster.

ssd_thinkpad wrote:currently ... no MLC chips are so much cheaper and with newer controllers they get faster.

Thanks. I'd have to buy an SLC SSD from a separate source then. I hear you on the newer technology making components faster, such as the controllers you mentioned. I was disappointed with Generation 1 of the Intel X25-M 80GB MLC when I purchased it for my T60p. It got corrupted within only a few weeks. I don't mean destroyed, but I had to wipe it and re-install everything from scratch.

Now I have one from Samsung (128GB 1.8", also MLC), which runs incredibly fast, and a Generation 2 Intel 80GB MLC model. The 1.8" version, though. At least I think it's Gen. 2. It still takes a few seconds to boot from the BIOS to the logon screen, but after that, it's screaming fast, and the desktop populates in literally 2 seconds. What do you think of Samsung SSD's?

1.8" variant of gen 2 Intel SSD is not available yet, so what you have is actually gen 1.
For my experience with Samsung MLC gen2, which I think is the newer version of your Samsung drive, then refer to this link:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthr ... ost5206725

Currently, the best SSDs for desktop usage are the Intel X-18/X-25 series. Nothing else even comes close to the random read/write performance that they exhibit.

As far as lifespan goes... well you're not going to wear them out. The X-25M has an insanely long lifespan -- from the numbers I've seen you could overwrite the entire drive every day for five years -- and the X-25E has an even longer estimated life.