If 256GB just isn’t enough for your ultrabook-toting needs, things are set to change. Mushkin has announced what it claims to be the “world’s first” 480GB mSTATA SSD — and it will be available in January.
Slim laptops — we’re talking MacBook Airs and ultrabooks — don’t have room for even a standard 2.5-inch SATA SSD, so use a smaller form factor known as mini-SATA (mSATA). Until now, the broadly accepted upper capacity limit to those drives has been 256GB.
Mushkin’s new drive packs 480GB of storage, offers up transfer speeds of up to 6Gb/s, and comes with a three year warranty. Price? A fairly eye-watering £320-odd. If 66p per GB isn’t too rich for you, you’ll be able to pick one up in January. [Engadget]













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But the MacBook Air has had up to 512GB storage for nearly half year, at twice the price yes, but still.
What’s even better is sticking one of these into a motherboard like the Asus Gene V.