Super Talent has a new firmware revision for the MasterDrive that doubles write speeds... if you send your MasterDrive to Super Talent, they'll do it for you. Unlike mechanical hard drives, solid-state offerings store data on flash memory chips—the same sort of silicon you'll find inside USB thumb drives, only much faster. In SSDs, multiple chips are tied together by a controller, which drive manufacturer Super Talent says is actually the biggest determinant of overall performance.

The MasterDrive MX is capable of eating a Raptor 150GB for breakfast so imagine what it could do to your notebook drive! Super Talent is the first to send us their latest MLC Solid State Drive that takes advantage of the new lower contract prices on memory.The next evolution in SSDs has little to do with performance; Super Talent steers towards affordability.

Given better battery life, lighter weight, no noise, less heat, and fast operation, cost is the only bar to putting an SSD into a notebook. At about 4 times the cost for 40% of the storage, cost is a major hurdle. But if you’ve got the bucks, an SSD can save time and stretch battery life nicely. For Windows users seeking to boost productivity on the go, this will be worth it to some, and the focus of envy for all!