From: Charles Robinson
On Mar 7, 2013, at 19:51 , John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote:
I just read that Seagate is discontinuing production of 2.5" 7200RPM
drives. They see it's all going SSD. If you need high-performance,
spinning oxide on metal ain't going to be what you do.
My assumption is that they'll keep the slower discs around for a
while for the cheapskates.
-Charles
During my most recent weekly pilgrimage to my local computer store, 3TB 7200rpm
Seagate drives were less than $140.
The largest SSD available at a comparable price was 120GB.
I think large spinning drives may hold the mass storage market for a while yet.
Well... at 7200RPM you'll have to find another vendor. Seagate
isn't going to make 'em. I don't argue that you get more storage for
the buck with oxide - but the high-speed drives (7200+ RPM) are/were
aimed at those looking for Performance (with a capital P) and for
that you'll probably be seeing hybrid or SSD-only drives filling that
niche.
I dunno. I believe that's only 2.5 inch laptop drives. I expect 3.5 inch
drives will be around a bit longer.
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