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OFFICIAL WORD FROM FUSION-IO: ioXtreme IN STOCK!

Just got this tweet direct from Fusion-io:

We blew past our initial forecast for ioXtremes, but should have more in stock & available for sale on Amazon tomorrow.

ioXtreme Update: NOT AVAILABLE ON AMAZON?

While researching the previous post, I found a radio button on the Fusion-io ioXtreme landing page to link over to Amazon to purchase an ioXtreme — so I clicked it and was taken to the ioXteme page on Amazon.  So far so good.  What I noticed was that the ioXtreme is no longer being sold on Amazon — only the ioXtreme PRO and ioXtreme BUNDLE at $1,495 and $1,995, respectively — way out of the reach of most consumers.

I think the ioXtreme could be the hottest gamer gift for 2009 so I don’t understand all of this left rudder/right rudder manuevering with this product.  The messaging seems completely off which is uncharacteristic of Fusion-io.  Any thoughts…?

ioXtreme for TOXIK and other Single-Threaded Apps

Fusion-io products support for Windows is all about superior performance for single-threaded applications in the rendering space.  Autodesk products like Toxik, AutoCAD, and Inventor will load faster but more importantly, they will render orders of magnitude faster than disk-based files.

Who will benefit:  film compositors, editors, and media artists doing editing and point-cached work. “The ioXtreme gives any compositing artist the speed he needs for unconstrained creativity. It revolutionizes the production pipeline and removes the biggest bottleneck currently plaguing the digital artist,” said Vincent Brisebois, Autodesk Toxik Product Designer. The ioXtreme and ioXtreme Pro dramatically improves multi-threaded media applications’ compositing and playback times at much lower upfront and operational costs than other high performance workstation solutions.

By greatly reducing processing times for editing large files or working with 3D scene layouts from point-cached files, we allow artists to review their work in full quality and in real time. This allows them to stay focused, making them more productive and facilitating their creativity.

AMAZON: ioXtreme out of stock (again)

Not sure what’s going on here but definately something is going on…it seems like ioXtreme from Fusion-io — what should be one of the hottest items for the holidays — is AWOL.  I believe AMAZON is the exclusive source for purchase so I am confused about why the item goes in and out of stock on a daily basis.  Any clues please advise.

AMAZON: ioXtreme Back in Stock

And now in the TOP 25 of the HARD DRIVE list.  Some terrific feedback, too:

5 out of 5: “GREAT PRODUCT” Date: November 30, 2009     Rated by Buyer: MARK V.

5 out of 5: “We love FusionIO!” Date: November 24, 2009     Rated by Buyer: Brad M.

5 out of 5: “Very very fast drive and for this price it should be fast. Been running for 4 weeks now with no problems, highly recommended.” Date: November 21, 2009     Rated by Buyer: Matthew D.

5 out of 5: “So far, so good” Date: November 21, 2009     Rated by Buyer: theseawizard

BLACK FRIDAY UPDATE: ioXtreme Out of Stock at AMAZON

 

ioXtreme Moves Up 30 Places to #23 on Amazon

All the recent BLOG entries pointing back to HOT HARDWARE is definately creating a positive revenue effect at AMAZON.  The ioXtreme (not the ioXtreme Pro or Bundle) is now at #23 on the Amazon disk drive list.

ioXtreme Update: Gizmodo has better user comment section

I should have gone over there first — they are still linking to HOT HARDWARE but there is a long explanation of SATA v. PCIe. 

Link here:  http://gizmodo.com/5406294/fusion+io-ioxtreme-ssd-fastest-consumer-ssd-on-the-market

ioXtreme: Wicked Fast, Bloody Expensive

…that’s the attention-grabbing headline from ENGADGET today.  Actually, the blog update is not really a review — it’s merely a link to the HOT HARDWARE review we talked about yesterday.  However, what is important to note are the USER COMMENTS on the Engadget review page.  Sadly, the user community continues to misunderstand SSD in general and Fusion-io, in particular.  Instructive reading.

Here’s a link:  http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/16/fusion-io-ioxtreme-pci-express-ssd-reviewed-wicked-fast-bloody/