Intel Optane drive versions based on 3D XPoint memory for consumer systems were supposed to go on sale after April 24 at a price of $ 44 for a 16 GB version and $ 77 for a 32 GB version. Prospects for these products are already questioned , since the practical advantages in performance are clearly not worth the money for which new drives will be offered, given the modest volume.
Colleagues from the site ComputerBase.de asked for explanations to Intel representatives and received information about the availability of consumer versions of Optane family drives in the M.2 version - they will go on sale only in May this year. In summer, the first ready-made computers with Optane family drives will also be on sale - in particular, they will be Lenovo notebooks presented in January this year.