Author Topic: Solid State Drives (Read 4642 times)

Geek-9pm · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2016, 12:59:09 PM »

They are at that point now...almost matchin traditional HDD's on cost per MG.

Point well made. But hard to believe.

patio · « **Reply #16 on:** July 29, 2016, 03:31:01 PM »

Why ? ?

Geek-9pm · « **Reply #17 on:** July 29, 2016, 07:03:54 PM »

Why ? ?

A few years ago, the experts were saying "there will always be a need for hard drive storage". That was back when the Hard drive had a lot more bang for the buck.
Kinda sorta like what happened to 8 inch floppy discs.
This is from March this year.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3040591/storage/ssd-prices-plummet-again-close-in-on-hdds.html

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A 250GB SSD runs anywhere from $52 to $81 (Amazon price).

I refuse to believe it!

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