Solid-state disk prices arte beginning to fall to a level where they can more easily compete with hard disks, as we observed earlier this month. Today comes news that California-based Super Talent Technology is offering 64GB and 128GB SSDs for $179  and $299. respectively. That's around £98 and £165 at the most recent exchange rate (sign of the times that we have to add that caveat).

The MasterDrive LX 2.5in SATA drives use multi-level-cell (MLC) technology,  which is not as fast or reliable as single level, but they come with a one-year guarantee and boast read/write speeds of 100/40 MB/sec after formatting.