I think Bruce feels n is far lower than you or I do. I understand the technologies are different, but the cost curve for dollars per GB looks a lot like those for semiconductor density/ Moore's Law. So will the ratio drop from 50 to 1 to 10 to one in ten years? Maybe. As you say, there are distinct uses now or SSD, I bought the 80GB drive for a laptop and the boot time is now super. And yes, the battery time is great as well. iPads 64GB is enough especially with iCloud and easy syncing. As absolute pricing comes down, and a 1TB SSD is $100 vs a 25TB HD, more may choose SSD. I've seen graphs of drive pricing, not for SSD. I'd be curious.
On Oct 26, 12:55 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > For the next n years, however, NAND (flash) memory is NOT going to be > cheap or reliable enough to really replace real HDs. > > The ONLY reason to use a SSD is if there is some sort of overriding > speed or power savings requirement. > > - Dan. -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
