OCZ Vertex is Even Faster in Limited Edition SSD
Do you have the need for speed?
Looking for a speedster of a solid state drive? OCZ hopes to attract your attention with the Vertex Limited Edition (LE). The Vertex LE delivers transfer rates at up to 270MB/s read and 250MB/s write speeds and reaches 15,000 IOPS (4K random write).
The Vertex Limited Edition is built with MLC flash memory on a SATA 3Gb/s interface and supports TRIM. Making it fit the name, Vertex LE line will only be available for a brief time in 100GB and 200GB capacities.
“OCZ has an excellent reputation as a leader in solid state drives, and as new technologies become available, we are continually expanding our solution portfolio to bring enhanced performance benefits to the complete spectrum of our client’s applications,” commented Ryan Petersen, CEO of the OCZ Technology Group. “The new Vertex Limited Edition SSD is our fastest, multi-level cell (MLC), performance-based drive yet and delivers both exceptional speed and reliability for customers demanding a superior storage solution including intensive applications such as audio/video editing, mobile computing, and even use in workstations.”
The 100GB will run for $400 and the 200GB at $830.

read/write/IOPS values like that, and its not even SLC? to another poster from below a previous article: "It´s Soopah!"
Nice pun. Good stuff.
On another note - who actually buys these things? Is it that much to wait 10 more seconds for something to load? How valuable is someone's time that uses these? I had an SSD by OCZ that was rated at 150mb/s and 90mb/s. It was noticeably slower than my 1.5TB barracuda drive. I don't like how these drives degrade much faster. I know they'll last longer and all and are more durable but who throws their computer in a river or tosses grenades at it? Maybe someday they'll get cheaper.
When you're paying good money for a team of developers working on large programming projects waiting that little extra time adds up when half your day is spent waiting on compile times.
I'm more interested in Gen 3 Intel x18-m drives.
Also, why aren't more mainstream SDD's 1.8"? Intel's 80GB x18-m costs $200, comes with a 2.5" bracket, costs less than their 80GB x25-m, and is comparable in performance.
i remember late 08... it was about $10/gb
You need to look beyond the basic read/write speeds and look at the 4k results to gauge how good an SSD is and in that regards Intel's SSD are miles ahead of the competition.
SATA is mainstream anyone who bas built or bought a PC in the last 3 years should have SATA 3Gbs.
SATA 3.0 is 6Gb/s, SATA 2.0 is 3Gb/s, salimbest83 was more than likely referring to SATA 3.0. That being said, this drive can't beat the current SATA 2.0 read/write speeds of the interface so don't worry.