Absolutely! Intel had the 8MB bricked issue way back, but they sorted it. I think when OCZ had their
problems, their mistake was releasing products that really had too many issues (the race to beat others
to the market), and poor customer service re getting replacements. The affected model(s) went to market
too early, so of course if one gets burned by that sort of thing then no wonder people are prone to say
forever more, "don't buy from them!", but companies change, policies change, and in the case of SSDs,
the bugs get fixed. I reckon being bought out by Toshiba and forced to refocus is perhaps the best
thing that could have happened to OCZ.
The irony is, the Vertex2E/3 generation of SF is now so old, there really aren't any issues at all, very reliable.
I have a stack of them I use for my benchmarking rigs.
Anyway, the later models using Indilinx and other controllers (Vertex4, Vector) are completely different and
worked much better from the outset. Far fewer issues reported. Indeed, it's interesting to note even today
how high up in review charts the Vector keeps showing. OCZ's problem now though is they're generally too
expensive. I had hoped that their buyout by Toshiba would enable better pricing, but atm the 840 EVO is
only fractionally more than an ARC 100 but usefully faster (so I'd get the EVO), while the Vertex 460 is more
expensive (both need to be decently less than an EVO to be attractive IMO, especially the ARC which really
should be more in the same price range as the MX100).
Personally I'd happily still buy a Vector 150, but its price is too close to the 850 Pro, so I'd opt for the latter.
Ian.