Geek Posted July 6, 2011 Posted July 6, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><a href="http://affiliate.buy.com/fs-bin/click?id=uO47tEUahH8&subid=&offerid=229300.1&type=10&tmpid=6933&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fprod%2Fkingston-128gb-ssdnow-v100-series-2-5-sata-ii-internal-solid-state%2Fq%2Floc%2F101%2F218194454.html"><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/kingston-ssd.jpg" alt="Kingston SSD" title="kingston-ssd" width="500" height="356" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18320" /></a></p> <p>If you’ve been waiting for a good deal on an SSD upgrade, don’t miss these Kingston 2.5″ SSD’s from Buy.com. Each drive comes with free shipping and a huge discount after sending in a mail-in rebate, but the offer is only valid until 7/20/2011.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://affiliate.buy.com/fs-bin/click?id=uO47tEUahH8&subid=&offerid=229300.1&type=10&tmpid=6932&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fpr%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fsku%3D218194457">Kingston 64GB SSD v100 Series for $59.89</a> with free shipping from Buy.com</li> <li><a href="http://affiliate.buy.com/fs-bin/click?id=uO47tEUahH8&subid=&offerid=229300.1&type=10&tmpid=6932&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fpr%2Fproduct.aspx%3Fsku%3D218053994">Kingston 96GB SSD v100 Series for $109.95</a> from Buy.com</li> <li><a href="http://affiliate.buy.com/fs-bin/click?id=uO47tEUahH8&subid=&offerid=229300.1&type=10&tmpid=6933&RD_PARM1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buy.com%2Fprod%2Fkingston-128gb-ssdnow-v100-series-2-5-sata-ii-internal-solid-state%2Fq%2Floc%2F101%2F218194454.html">Kingston 128GB SSD v100 Series for $149.95</a> with free shipping from Buy.com</li> </ul> <p>The prices are after the Kingston & Buy.com mail-in rebate so don’t forget to send it in. Redeeming the rebate is easy, just print out the form and fill it out, along with the original sales receipt from Buy.com and the original UPC code from the box.</p> <p><a href="http://ak.buy.com/buy_assets/retail/pdfs/11Q2/0704-0710ac-sh_75kingston.pdf">This is the rebate form from Buy.com (PDF file)</a></p> <p>A 2.5″ drive will fit directly into any MacBook or MacBook Pro, and can be placed into a caddy to fit into other Mac hardware. SSD’s are probably one of the best bang-for-the-buck upgrades you can get for any computer, as they offer a huge speed increase that is directly noticeable by the user for everyday tasks.</p> <p>The read/write performance on these is rated as the following on Buy.com’s product page:</p> <blockquote><p> Sequential read throughput: 256GB – 250MB/sec. read 128GB – 250MB/sec. read 64GB – 250MB/sec. read</p> <p> Sequential write throughput: 256GB – 230MB/sec write 128GB – 230MB/sec write 64GB – 145MB/sec write </p></blockquote> <p>For comparison, most 5400 and 7200rpm standard hard drives will read and write between 40MB and 70MB a second. In other words, SSD’s are super fast.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9xS1q2itItvd29tDBAvRMNa_75M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9xS1q2itItvd29tDBAvRMNa_75M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9xS1q2itItvd29tDBAvRMNa_75M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/9xS1q2itItvd29tDBAvRMNa_75M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=EA_DXwRqfXo:jlWaSNs1oA8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/EA_DXwRqfXo" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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