When I said, "Best.. Upgrade.. Ever..", I really meant it. This drive just smokes anything (SSD or mechanical) that I've ever played with before.

It is *really*, REALLY, fast.

And yes, the Intel drives are reported to be even quicker, but at higher prices and lower capacities for now.

Things are improving rapidly in this segment. Performance of the new generation (Vertex and kin, and perhaps the new Samsung/ based drives with 128MB caches) is absolutely excellent. Now we just need the bigger sizes to get cheaper.