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Buffalo announce new SSDs for Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Stuart — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:54:37 +0000

Slashgear via Akihabara News in Japan has word of a new SSD duo (16GB and 32GB) from Buffalo that can help you beef up your Dell Inspiron Mini 9’s performance. They don’t offer a huge amount of space, with 4GB and 8GB storage options available, but they will let you store some of your files or even install an alternate OS on them.

Buffalo recently revealed similar releases for the ASUS Eee PC, but with 32GB and 64GB options, while Dell have their own 32GB SSD option for the Inspiron Mini 9 that can be added to a new order for $100. In comparison, Buffalo’s new standalone releases will cost $57 for the 16GB SSD or $101 for the 32GB SSD, basically pricing it the same as Dell’s new order upgrade option.

Dell adds new 32GB SSD option for Mini 9 netbook

Stuart — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:22:46 +0000

As if Dell’s Mini 9 wasn’t already good value for money, they have now doubled the solid-storage drive (SSD) capacity available with a new 32GB option. Previously they offered the base model with a 4GB SSD, then options for 8GB (+$35) and 16GB (+$75). Okay, so when you look at the 16GB price, the logical part of your brain doubles the price for a 32GB SSD to $150 or so, right? Nope. Dell is offering the 32GB SSD upgrade for just $100, meaning the base model plus the new option comes to just $449, an excellent deal.

Runcore releases high-quality SSD range

Stuart — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:04:29 +0000

Runcore has launched a brand spankin’ new line of SSDs (Solid State Disks) to speed things up for your Asus or Dell netbook experience. They have brought out four top notch controllers that offer 70Mbps read and 50Mbps write speeds and come with four storage capacity options: 16GB ($69), 32GB ($119), 64GB ($199), and 128GB ($389). The official press release boasts improved performance of 400-600% with one of them slotted in.

Thanks to jkOnTheRun for this news and be sure to check out their awesome YouTube video/performance guide that shows just how useful these new releases are and how fast they make XP run on a netbook.