The Hot/Crazy Solid State Drive Scale
A couple of additional points about my abysmal 8/8 failure rate:  - These were in 8 different machines in 8 different locations.
  - 7 were in desktops, 1 was a laptop
  - All were running Windows
  - All purchased from NewEgg
  - Most of these were gifts for other people. 

(I may be slightly crazy, but I don't have 8 computers.)After this saga, I've concluded that there are probably two root causes leading to high failure rates:(1) Something about installing an after-market SSD in a desktop, probably related to power fluctuations, increases the likelihood of failure.(2) NewEgg only offers a 30-day warranty on their SSDs. You can't even purchase a third-party extended warranty. So I suspect that you'll see a higher failure rate from NewEgg purchases than from a merchant who offers a 2- or 3-year warranty. (But NewEgg's prices are so damn good!)I should also say that the SSDs that I have purchased with laptops - 2 from Dell (2008, 2009) and 1 from IBM (2009) have not failed.