Intel 320 Series 80 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive Brown Box
Review by Bob Blum : Love it

I just installed this drive into my 3 year old desktop, running WinXP, and
it goes like a bat out of hell. I love it.

I bought the retail kit, which also includes a mounting bracket, data and power cables,
and an instruction cd. However, the drive itself is the same in the OEM kit,
so if you need to save money, then this is a reasonable way to go.
You're not going to be using the bracket or cables, if you install it into a laptop.
And, even if you put it into a desktop, you may not need all these extras.)

The retail kit includes a 3 year warranty on the drive.
It's not clear whether Intel also offers this with the OEM version.
(If someone finds out, they should post it.)

The Intel 320 series drive itself is great. Please see my detailed review
(Freakin' Awesome: Six Stars) and experiences with the drive under the
Amazon ad for the retail kits from Intel.

Intel 320 Series 80 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive Brown Box
Review by J. DALE "J. DALE" : Great SSD

I bought this drive to replace a Kingston SSDNow V+100 96GB SSD. The drive was being used as my Windows 7 boot drive, but I decided to use it for a Mac instead, and buy this Intel for my Win7 drive.

I'll post the Windows Experience Index scores that I've received from my various hard drive configurations for your reference. All scores are from my Gateway SX2800-07 slimline desktop PC running Windows 7.

WD Caviar Blue 640GB (boot and storage): 5.9
WD Caviar Green 2TB (boot and storage): 5.9
Kingston SSDNow V+100 96GB SSD(boot)/WD Caviar Green 2TB (storage): 7.0
Intel 320 Series 80GB SSD (boot)/WD Caviar Green 2TB (storage): 7.4

The Intel drive thoroughly outperforms the Kingston drive, and is actually a tad cheaper. The PC runs noticeably faster with the Intel drive, and I'm very pleased.

Intel 320 Series 80 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid-State Drive Brown Box
Review by Michael Edelstein : So far, so good!

Really sped up my 2010 MacBook Pro 13". Not clear on energy savings, but I think I am fighting a system software bug on that. Used the computer for 30 minutes yesterday and the time remaining on the charge stayed about the same, which is good. Silent! The best bang for the buck in performance I have seen in a long time. Costly, but impact I hoped for.