Dell, Alienware to Offer Samsung’s 64GB SSDs in Laptops

Samsung Electronics announced yesterday that its 64GB 2.5-inch SATA solid state drive (SSD) will be available in Dell and Alienware consumer laptops.

“Alienware will provide a 128GB SSD configuration, by offering dual 64GB SSD drives in a RAID 0 array, as well as a single 64GB SSD combined with a large capacity 200GB 7200RPM drive, available on the powerful Area-51 m9750 gaming notebook. Dell is offering the SSD drive on its premium XPS M1330 ultra-portable notebook, and expects to make it available across additional XPS systems, as well as Latitude corporate notebooks and Dell Precision mobile workstations later this year,” Samsung announced.

The company’s press release says the 64GB SSD provides increased performance and a higher degree of reliability, which exceed traditional rotating disk drives. Because there are no moving parts, SSDs are noise-free, produce very little heat and are less susceptible to shocks and vibrations that can be challenging to traditional disk drives accordingly.

We have checked Alienware’s website and found that the inclusion of the 64GB solid state drive in the Area-51 m9750, instead of the default 80GB SATA hard drive at 7,200rpm, costs $1,100. The 64GB SSD option is not currently listed on the configuration pages of the Dell XPS M1330.