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Toshiba's new 512GB SSD gets launched - in its own notebooks
Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Thursday, 14 May 2009 15:52
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Back on December 18 last year, Toshiba announced it would have a 512GB
SSD in volume production by around April this year. That promise
fulfilled, Toshiba has now launched the world’s first notebook with a
2.5-inch 512GB solid state drive, but as with all cutting edge
technology, being the first with the latest will cost you a pretty
penny!Toshiba doesn’t yet appear to be selling the drives through retail channels to consumers as individual units, but Australians will be able to buy one in June, installed into one of Toshiba’s flagship Portégé models, the R600.
Japanese consumers are able to buy a Toshiba notebook, the “dynabook SS RX2/WAJ”, seemingly the Japanese equivalent of the R600, equipped with a 512GB SSD today, from Toshiba Japan’s online store.
With the current 128GB SSD-equipped Portégé R600 costing AUD $4125, the $4999 cost of the 512GB model shows just how large a chunk of the purchase price is taken up by the undeniable luxury of a 512GB SSD, with Engadget noting that the drive itself will cost about US $1500.
Clearly this price will fall as volume production increases and larger capacities are developed, but until then, space is not the final frontier – saving up for it is!
The Portégé R600 will also come with inbuilt 3G broadband, and presumably a similar set of specs to the existing 128GB SSD R600 model.
Plenty of specs on the 512GB SSD are available in our previous story on the drive’s December 18 2008 announcement, but Toshiba has taken the time in its press release to remind us of SSD’s benefits.
It notes that: “Accidents do happen, and with no mechanical hard drive or internal moving parts, SSD technology almost eliminates the risk of losing any data that could occur through the constant bumps, knocks and vibrations of everyday use.
“So as your notebook moves with you from the desktop to the coffee shop, to the aeroplane, you can be sure that important files are cocooned from the rough and tumble of daily life.”
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