Permit me to be old for a minute. 48, by the way. I had a 3GB drive that I paid $300 for. 3GB would take "forever" to fill. Really? Now 3GB is 13 minutes of raw DV, not even a full DVD. When people started talking flash for iPods, some said "no way." Me, I think the added quality (i.e. safer to drop or jiggle) made the extra expense worth it. A 512GB SDD (Apple charges $1200) is "worth" say $500. I just bought a 2TB drive for $100 or $25 for that same memory. So, ballpark, SSD is 20X.
Today, in an AIR, you hardly need 2TB, and the HD thickness/ power consumption is an issue. I never say never, but I've been watching this industry for nearly 30 years, and suspect that until and unless SSD cost drops to a lower X of HD, both will be there side by side depending on the platform it goes in. Such a breakthrough is possible, I suppose, but not so likely. For laptops, it may become ubiquitous, and even as a main desktop drive. But when I want crazy storage, I can drop $200 and load 4TB. $500 for SSD would be a turnoff, $5,000 out of the question. Real curious how others view this topic. On Oct 21, 1:51 am, Tom <tba...@nmia.com> wrote: > > I notice that Apple's new laptop computers will have flash drives > instead of hard drives. Does that mean that flash drives will > eventually replace hard drives in all computers, then? -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
