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Still waiting for the prices on larger capacities to drop. Was spec'ing a 15" laptop with 2x hdd's, one 80GB SSD for / and one 500GB platter for /home, but then realized the 15" form factor is bigger than I want. 13" still have to choose one or the other.

Also, haven't been paying close attention, but do they have any issues these days with short/limited media durability/endurance/lifetime?

yeah I went with a 64Gb on newegg last week, with a mail in rebate and the coupon I got it for $60. For that price you cant go wrong. I have found that moving my itunes/office/virtual machines to a external I can get by fine. Right now I am eyeing the OptiBay to replace the superdrive with my old 500Gb hdd. Seems like the best of both worlds. (http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&...)

Endurance hasn't been a problem since ~2007.

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