Solid State Drives (SSD) are inevitably what are going to replace our existing hard disk drives. For those not aware of what the difference is between the two, traditional hard drives have moving parts on the inside while SSDs so not. You can consider them "big flash drives".

SSD is above and beyond superior to HDD in every way except space for the time being. The biggest one you can get within a reasonable price point is 128GB for just a tick over 400 USD.

However the single largest problem is that SSDs don’t exactly "agree" with BIOSes from several manufacturers. One of the more popular drives at present is the OCZ Core Series 128GB Sata II, however the customer feedback is less than stellar on this product. Some are reporting slow access times, spotty write methods and a whole host of other bad stuff. But it also should be noted some have had no issues at all.

OCZ has been on the ball with this product (as you’ll see from the link above) and has been responding as best they can to this evolving technology, urging people to discuss the product in their forums whether you think it’s good, bad or indifferent.

For those thinking about SSD, I do recommend reading up on what people have been saying about it. It’s still an expensive tech and is a good read for those thinking about plunking down a few hundred smacks just to be on the bleeding edge, so to speak.