HP is jumping on the solid state drive bandwagon with its line of pro business laptops. An eco-conscious road warrior's dream come true, indeed. But prepare for some sticker shock.

Ticking off the 64 GB SSD option comes at a $1,000 premium. Ouch!

HP will first offer the option of 64GB NAND flash memory drives in products it announced earlier this month, the HP Compaq 2710p, 2510p, 6910p, and 8000 series, and will continue to offer it in future models, an executive said Wednesday.

Choosing the SSD option will add around $1,000 to the cost of a laptop, but HP expects the cost to come down as SSDs gain acceptance in the marketplace and volumes increase, said Dan Forlenza, vice president of business notebooks at HP, during a news conference in Taipei.

HP also claims that the laptop will shed roughly a quarter of its weight with the new drive. If so, those are some beefy platters they're using.

[via Engadget]