Now if only they could get their drives to last longer than a year on average. :...

nchlswu · on Oct 21, 2011

I was going to bring this up. I don't follow the hardware scene at all unless I'm buying parts.

I bought a fairly cheap OCZ SSD, but they don't have quite the best reputation (anecdotal evidence). I've read stories about SSDs not lasting long in general, but OCZ seems to have a fairly poor track record among that and an even poorer customer service record. One story I caught was the change of manufacturing for one of their lines of SSDs which affected performance and presumably cut costs without notifying consumers of the change.

I wonder how the acquisition of a controller company will affect their 'power' so to speak.

kayoone · on Oct 21, 2011

i have a total of 3 SSDs bought in 2009 (2x SuperTalent Ultradrive, 1x Intel X25-M), all still running fine and used heavily each day. Knock on wood :)