As foreseen , Intel announced a significant fall of the price of its SSD in order to counter the competition which becomes increasingly ferocious. The fall is even a little more than than we expected.
The X-25M 80 GB is reduced from $390 to $320
The X-25M 160 GB is reduced from $765 to $630
Even though this is still above the maximum price per MB in comparison with the traditional hard drives, each reduction opens up a little more the number of potential buyers. The increase in the sales thus makes it possible to make economies of mass production and to further reduce the prices.
In a few years tine, the only mechanical parts in the computers will be the fans.
