There is an extensive review of the Seagate 600 Pro SSD 400GB posted at Bjorn3D today. Here's a taster:

The Seagate 600 Pro SSD may not be the fastest drive on the market but it is certainly competitive against other drives that are available. What makes the drive unique is that it is one of the most consistent drive we have tested. Unlike some drives that may excel in certain areas but fall behind in others, the 600 SSD Pro offers constant throughput across all types of workloads. While the drive may not always offer the best read and write at low queue depth, it definitely excels in the high queue depth. As it is designed for enterprise market, its excellent high queue depth result is going to make huge difference in those environment. Not to mention the power loss protection that is included on the drive that you do not often find on desktop drives.

The lack of hardware encryption support maybe the biggest disadvantage for the drive. For consumer systems, such a feature will not matter much. However, the corporate and enterprise environments often require such features. This is unfortunate for the 600 SSD Pro as it most likely would not be considered despite its excellent performance.

We like the additional over provision on our 400GB drive that helps not only the performance but also the longevity of the NAND. Backed by 5 year warranty, the 600 SSD Pro is following other industry leaders here. Obviously, warranty length is not always indicative of the drive's reliability. We have not encountered many drives utilizing the same Link A Media Devices controller as the 600 Pro SSD so we do not know much about the controller's reliability in the long term. However, given Seagate's long history in the hard drive space, we have a slightly higher confidence in the company's validation and support. Still, only time will tell.

Seagate's first attempt at a consumer SSD has certainly given the company a lot of momentum in the solid state market as the 600 Pro SSD certainly has proven itself to be a worthy contender to compete against other drives. It is able to deliver a balanced performance. It remains to be seen whether the drive can help Seagate to position itself as an industry leader in SSDs, as it is in hard drives.