[Construct]

Great progress, especially in the power consumption. However, last generation processors are already very fast. A better upgrade for most developers would be an SSD though. All of this speed is great, but useless as long as the processor is waiting on a mechanical hard disk.

Once you get used to your applications opening almost instantly, it's tough to go back to a mechanical HDD.

[m_myers]

I've been watching for them to drop into my price range for over a year now. Are they really worth the premium?

[khafra]

I bought a 60GB one last year, which is plenty for my OS and applications--I use a 1.5TB external for storage. It's the most tangible difference in my computing experience since 4 years ago when I bought 8GB of RAM and got rid of my swap file. If you're willing to spend money to make things faster, spend it on an SSD.