Intel enters solid state drive game

Intel has jumped onto the solid state drive bandwagon, hoping that future notebooks will do away with hard drives as solid state drives step in as able, more reliable replacements. The competition heats up with Intel offering 1GB to 8GB models, but it will take quite some time more (perhaps a couple of years) before prices become more affordable and capacities increase. What can you store on an 8GB solid state drive anyway? Once the operating system is installed, you won’t have much room for anything else. Let’s not even get started on the 1GB model. In the meantime, it is pretty safe to purchase a hard drive-based notebook if you really need one.