San Disk SSD at a Cheap Price
 

You can toss this into any current laptop!

SanDisk Makes Laptops Better, Faster, Stronger | Gadget Lab from Wired.com

That is GREAT!! once the price comes down a bit we can now choose what laptop we want! instead of being lock in to EEE PC (which BTW I think is great, but choice is better).

Even Cheaper?
 

Could you even buy a used laptop with a damaged hard drive, put in the Sandisc drive, and have a really cheap laptop worth having?

That is good news from the geek and user side of the coin ! A few months and the price will be more affordable with competition from other manufactures.

"Could you even buy a used laptop with a damaged hard drive, put in the Sandisc drive, and have a really cheap laptop worth having?"

Depends on the interface of the laptop and drive: PATA or SATA etc - they have to be the same to work together and an old laptops BIOS might not support the sandisk in sleep mode or various other scenarios. Worth googling in a few months to see what people have come up with....

Friendly Yak
 

Hi, thanks for the comment. I've been finding technical gear to be fragile enough for real care and deep knowledge. Thanks also for the piste info on your CD. Linzi.