Buffalo 100GB External SSD

Buffalo has a new line of USB 2.0 external solid state drives (SDD) (product page – in Japanese). Given their low power consumption, they can be powered by the USB port, which is always practical. From a storage point of view, SSDs are more expensive than their disk counterparts, but they are also arguably more resistant to shocks (although disk drives aren’t that bad these days). The price is steep:

• SHD-UHR32GS: 32GB, $310
• SHD-UHR64GS: 64GB, $660
• SHD-UHR100GS: 100GB, $950