Why is this "wonky" reasoning? I exercise my "right" to whatever computer I want at whatever price I want all the time. It's called capitalism and open markets. Apple makes a flashy piece of hardware and charges a large premium for it. I choose not to enrich them and buy a faster competitor that will run all of the programs/games/etc that I want, which the Apple won't, for a fraction of the cost. Apple wants to control the hardware and software because if they allow any type of competitor to their own products they will have to compete in the open market for that business. They can't allow that because then they won't enjoy their 40%+ margins anymore. So yea, I have a RIGHT not to buy their crap in the first place. Or better yet, to buy a clone from Psystar to help fund their legal fees against Crapple.

Most SSD's are using Multi-Level Cells to get the most space they can. Unfortunately these are really slow when it comes to writing data. One work around is using Single Level cells, which are much faster, but half as dense obviously. Here's a pretty good article on one of Intel's new single level drives: http://techreport.com/articles.x/15931 It's only 32GB, but fast as all get out. It's also over $700 if you want one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167013&Tpk=X25-E