All the 64GB and 128GB solid-state drives making waves these days may look pretty in catalogs, but with prices sometimes upwards of $1,000, you can’t help but wonder if the whole SSD industry has pressed its technology a little too far past the point of practicality. On Monday, SanDisk rolled out a more cost-effective alternative destined for ultra-low-cost PCs with its pSSD solid-state drives.
Unlike your basic SSD that takes on the bulky form factor of a 2.5-inch hard drive for the sake of standardization, the pSSD drive is just a flat module, and it weighs one tenth what even a 1.8-inch drive would weigh. It also comes in capacities of 4GB, 8GB and 16GB, smaller sizes ideal for ultra-light Internet machines that won’t be carrying much software or data.
