I'm sure a lot of people have read the [Anandtech](http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3403) [articles](http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3531) on Solid State Drives by now, and maybe even [Joel Spolsky's story](http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/