Back to the SSDs:
I just received a quotation for IDE/PATA drives in MLC and SLC, why that old standard? well because I need to upgrade some laptops and desktops that do not have SATA... and I think I'm not the only one with that need.

Regarding the evolution for SSDs:
X25-E and M have seen prices drops, both received new firmwares to take care of some bugs.

OCZ has been working hard in bettering their Vertex drives that seem to be the hot thing, but only if you're ready to spend lots of money in an almost beta drive...

Another field of development is PCI-E SSD drives. Here we talk 5 to 10 years before having something for the end user. In fact it depends on how SATA evolves to cope with SSD bandwidth progress.

I'm still waiting for the end of the year, I guess things will be a lot clearer by then.

Also OCZ should launch a SLC version of their Vertexes, SLC being trouble free and the Indilinx cached controller being quite good, it might be a good drive, although pricey because of the SLC precisely...