240GB SanDisk Extreme 2.5" SATA III Internal Solid State Drive SSD $150 + Free Shipping

got one... thank you!

Quote from agureghian : would also like to know this.

Believe there were some from warehouse deals marked at used.

Quote from iam25boy : IL sales tax kill this.

do not see IL in their FAQ

You must pay sales tax if you ship to: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, or Washington. By law, sales tax is automatically computed on products and shipping charges.

I hold off as well cause of CA tax.

Quote from CoBrA2168 : Why does FP say $135? Also what was the Crucial M4 deal yesterday?

Quote from agureghian : would also like to know this.

Here's the deal for Crucial M4:
http://slickdeals.net/f/5797026-2...ouse-Deals

It lasted like 1.5 hour or so.

Quote from kwik : I am tempted by this, but the Sandforce controller scares me.

Old Sandforce yes, but the latest gen has been very stable. No complaints here.

so crucial and samsung ssds are the best? i'm looking to build a desktop in a few months so just doing some research. thanks!

Quote from Augus : do not see IL in their FAQ You must pay sales tax if you ship to: California, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, or Washington. By law, sales tax is automatically computed on products and shipping charges. I hold off as well cause of CA tax.

IL is Illinois. From buy.com:

For items sold by Buy.com, you will be required to pay sales tax if the shipping address on your order is in the following states:

California
Connecticut
Illinois
Massachusetts
Tennessee
New York
Washington

Thanks in 4 1.

This is NOT a great deal. It's just fair. Amazon has had this drive for $159.99 for 2 weeks straight recently, so this is only another $10 off, but buy.com has tax here. So no deal.

this is a good price, but how will SSD's price drop if we keep buying?

Quote from TheCoffeePrince : this is a good price, but how will SSD's price drop if we keep buying?

Because bigger, better, faster always comes along.

Quote from zeroxray : so crucial and samsung ssds are the best? i'm looking to build a desktop in a few months so just doing some research. thanks!

Go to the link below. Tom's hardware has always provided honest reviews.

http://www.tomshardware.com/revie...,3269.html

Basically broken down as follows, with drives in each tier being roughly equal and each subsequent tier representing a 10% drop in performance:

SSD Performance Hierarchy Chart

Tier 1

240 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs with Toggle NAND

Samsung 830 SSD 256 GB

Plextor M3 Pro 128 GB/256 GB

OCZ Vertex 4 512/256 GB

OCZ Vector 512/256 GB

Samsung 840 Pro 128 GB/256 GB

Tier 2

240 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs with Sync ONFi NAND

Corsair Neutron GTX 256 GB

Samsung 840 250 GB

Plextor M3 128 GB/256 GB

Tier 3

Crucial m4 256 GB

Corsair Neutron 256 GB

Samsung 830 SSD 128 GB

120 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs with Toggle NAND

240 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs with Async ONFi NAND

Corsair Performance Pro 128 GB

OCZ Agility 4 256 GB

Tier 4

-

Tier 5

Crucial m4 128 GB

Intel SSD 330 180 GB

Samsung 830 SSD 64 GB

120 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs with Sync ONFi NAND

Tier 6

Intel SSD 330 120 GB

Samsung 840 120 GB

Samsung 470 SSD 256 GB

Tier 7

240 GB first-gen SandForce SSDs

Intel SSD 320 300 GB

Samsung 470 SSD 128 GB

120 GB & 180 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs with Async ONFi NAND

OCZ Agility 4 120 GB

Tier 8

-

Tier 9

Crucial m4 64 GB

Intel SSD 320 160 GB

Intel SSD 520 60 GB

Tier 10

Intel SSD 320 80 GB

Intel SSD 330 60 GB

60 GB second-gen SandForce SSDs (with Sync or Async ONFi NAND)

120 GB first-gen SandForce SSDs

OCZ Agility 4 64 GB

Breakdown of generic categorizations within each tier:

1.SandForce controller with Toggle DDR NAND (Mushkin Chronos Deluxe, Patriot Wildfire, OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS, OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G, Corsair Force GS)

2.SandForce controller with Synchronous ONFi NAND (OCZ Vertex 3, Corsair Force GT, Kingston HyperX/HyperX 3K, Intel SSD 520)

3.SandForce controller with Asynchronous ONFi NAND (OCZ Agility 3, Corsair Force 3, Mushkin Chronos, Patriot Pyro, OWC Mercury Electra 6G)

Keep in mind this is a measure of performance, not reliability. I base reliability on the quality of the memory used by each manufacturer. While it comes down mostly to my experience and personal preference, there are some trends in reliability that can be seen by looking through reviews.

Anyone know the easiest way to make this work with a 2011 iMac? Should I install it in place of the internal drive or buy a thunderbolt enclosure?

How easy is it to replace my laptop HD wth this unit. Will a backup to external drive be sufficient to do the swap?