Solid State Drives are getting some good press lately, and Crucial have jumped right to the front of the bandwagon with their new SSD drives and storage kits. Aimed at anybody wanting fast, reliable storage, the new 32GB solid state storage kit will be an ideal solution for storing digital images and data as they are super fast, quiet, push out very little heat and are far less susceptible to bumps and knocks than conventional hard drives. The 32GB size is just a bit too small for use as a dedicated operating system drive, but as soon as 64GB and 120GB versions become affordable, you can get ready to swap out your Western Digitial raptor drives, as these babies will be the new storage kings. 

The kit, which is sold separately from the Crucial SSD, includes a rugged 2.5-inch USB 2.0 external enclosure. It also comes with a SATA 3Gb/s interface 3.5-inch hot-swappable drive bay to allow for SSD integration into your PC. Don't have a spare 3.5-inch drive bay? Crucial provides a 5.25-inch drive bay bracket. Sweet.

For hot-swap-supported systems, get enhanced security and mobility for your critical data by easily removing the SSD from desktop drive bays and storing it in a secure location, without even turning the computer power off. For USB connections, simply disconnect the USB cable and carry the drive with you. It's that simple. At the moment, the kit from Crucial will probably appeal to Photographers with big budgets and mission critical images who want the convenience and speed that SSD offers. At $799 they aren't cheap but give it a few months and they should be dropping in price that makes them affordable for mainstream users.

Laptop road warriors will be pleased to hear that Lexar offers a comprehensive line of high-performance storage products designed with a wide variety of features, capacities, and capabilities. The Lexar ExpressCard is a solid state drive (SSD) that provides high-performance, high-capacity plug-in storage for laptop computers. The card fits easily into the ExpressCard slot of newer laptops and delivers extra memory and reliably backs up data without cables and the protrusion of other, more awkward external storage devices. The Lexar ExpressCard SSD is available in 4GB, 8GB, and 16GB capacities.

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