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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Believe it when I see it.


3 posted on 03/16/2009 1:37:45 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: mamelukesabre
Believe it when I see it.

The proper technical term is ...

Inevitable

10 posted on 03/16/2009 1:44:45 PM PDT by tx_eggman (Clinton was our first black President ... Obama is our first French President.)
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To: mamelukesabre
Believe it when I see it.

They are already more cost-competitve than hard drives of several years ago. All we need is for hard drives to hit a capacity wall and SSDs will catch up. My SWAG is that hard drives have already milked 80% of the perpendicular recording tech that hit a few years ago and let us go to terabyte-plus.

14 posted on 03/16/2009 1:53:06 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat (Sacred cows make the best hamburger.)
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To: mamelukesabre
Believe it when I see it.

You will. Mechanical drives are on their way out. It does not mean that mechanicals are not still viable; I just picked up a WD USB "Book" for $120 (1TB) that should last a while. But when SSD comes down, I will be replacing my aging internal mechanicals with them. Energy saving, speed, quietness are all appealing benefits.

So, count on it.

30 posted on 03/16/2009 3:20:16 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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