Enterprise SSDs are for RAID - Okay, not always, but almost always.
So here is the real fact, when running in RAID, MLC and SLC will have the same baseline. Don't ever try to play with TRIM, it is not available (at least on my "old" Perc H700)...
Question: will you trust an MLC RAID array or an SLC RAID array?
All I know (and heard about) is, after 6 months, the MLC array has just degraded to an extent that you will never want to know. TRIM? Sorry, no TRIM here. But the Intel X25-E SSDs will still behave consistently at about 80% of their original performance.
Now, come back to the price point:
New Intel 710 (100GB) @ $650
New Intel X25-E (32GB) @ $226 (The average price for me to have 6)
I have 6 "NEW" (Sealed) X25-E 32GB at the above average price. Will I still even need to think about the 710?
Compare 6x Intel X25-E 32GB running RAID 0 to 2x Intel 710 running RAID 0, what I get is a bit more in total costs, a bit less in total space, 3x ports required, 3x more power needed (maybe), more than 3x Speed I will get, and 10x the durability.
Well, of course, 3x the risks of disk failure, but who cares for RAID 0 (my sys drive)? I do regular backup each day, and important data are stored in other RAID5/6 arrays...
So X25-E is REALLY important to me, but it is gone...
So, Intel, please, we are customers, consumers, end users, not idiots...