Should I wait to buy 3rd gen SSD?

Can someone point me to a link explaining the difference between these so-called generations 2 and 3?

Which would you suggest? I've been eyeing the Vertex 2. I'm thinking 2...one for OS and one for certain apps. The only reason I thought about waiting was because I read a lot of people talking about how the new sanforce controller is more reliable in terms of losing data. thanks

^5 +1 what tecmo34 said.

I'm playing the waiting game too. Corsair released their new Performance 3 series of ssd's a few days ago. The rest of the companies will be releasing new drives with new controllers between now and May.

Earlier today while checking other web sites for ssd news and updates I stumbled across an article about the new PCI-e 3.0 standard. The bandwidth is amazing. PCI-e 3.0 based ssd's will make SATA based ssd's obsolete. There is speculation whether Intel will incorporate PCI-e 3.0 in their new stuff to be introduced later this year. They will definitely incorporate it next year.

If you are in the USA, then Monday, February 21st is a national holiday. It's Presidents Day and I'm hoping for a big sale.

Plextor is getting into the ssd market. Yesterday they released a new series of SATA III (6 Gb/s) ssd's. I do not know if newegg will be selling them.

Intel is definitely releasing their new 510 series ssd's this month. They are already available for pre-order in the United Kingdom. I assume anyone in the European Union could pre-order. No word on release date in the United States.

While checking other forums I found a lot of posters are mixed up about the phrases "generation 2" (G2) and "generation 3" (G3). In addition there is confusion about the specifications for Intel's 310 and 510 ssd's. The 310 series is SATA II (3 Gb/s) capable while the 510's are SATA III (6 Gb/s). Lots of speculation why.