SSD's out of the picture

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/consumers-returning-ssd-laptops-in-droves/

wow, just wow. but i guess all new technology is like that

I feel like people expected that, it's a new technology.

SSD definitely needs some time to develop so it can be trouble free, and so the price can drop so it can be used in the mainstream market.