SSD mod, SATA via USB ... if money were no object?

Got an idea for a little mod, as per the subject, SATA X18-M SSD via USB (internal).

If money were no object, what do we think, could/would this work?
Is there enough space?
Could you boot the AAO from this device as the primary drive?

SSD Info Link: http://www.intel.com/design/flash/nand/mainstream/index.htm
SSD Buy Link: http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?origin=gbase25.4&prodID=B149187

USB Controller: http://www.usbnow.co.uk/Adapters_&_...A_Cable_(with_Power_Supply)/product_info.html

 

It would probably work as far as booting goes. I can boot my 110 off a hard disk in an external USB to SATA enclosure similar to this one:

http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop ... ID=B151989

You wouldn't be able to fit that SSD inside a 110 though - there is only room for a 1.8" SSD or HDD. In a 150 it would be a straight swap for the 2.5" SATA HDD - no USB to SATA adapter required.

I don't really see the point of upgrading a £250 netbook with a £430 SSD drive though. I don't think that a 1.6GHz Atom processor would do justice to the performance of this SSD and for much less money you could get a much better netbook or ultra-portable laptop off the shelf.

 

I think the X18-M is a 1.8'' SSD, intel do a X25-M/E, thats the 2.5''.

Good point about it being a sub £200 lappie, putting a £500 SSD in it would be a little 'odd'. - Perhaps if/when the price of these SSD's comes down I'll take another look.

 

Many of the performance benefits of the SATA SSD will be lost when the USB adapter is used. A decent HDD connected via SATA will outperform an SSD connected via USB in most respects.

Like all flash memory devices, SSDs will undoubtedly fall in price. 18 months ago I paid over £10 for a Sandisk 2GB Micro SD card, the one that I bought a couple of weeks ago cost only £1.47.

For the time being I will be replacing the slow 8GB SSD in my 110 with a 30GB iPod HD.

 

You can solder the SATA connector to the mb instead of using USB, that way you would get insane performance.
I wouldn't even think about spending half of that for an SSD though...

 

...if money were no object...
How about this???
RUNCORE 128GB MINI PCI-e SSD
80MB/sec

I would love to a 2nd internal hdd, boot off the SSD and use my 250GB for storage(or go 500GB ).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120339948834&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002

But sadly is not compatible with the One per another post on here.