Do you think there will be a day where mechanical drives no longer exist?
I am guessing yes obviously, the question is how many years until we see it happen and all we are using are SSDs?
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I predict that someday the new technological advancement in ssd storage will make today's write cycles extinct by utilizing the same technology that made the Etch-a-Sketch famous, although without shaking it...
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Feb 18th, 2016 2:16 pm
Just pop up in my head the scratching noise from vinyl records and how they're in demand by many people.nabiul wrote: ↑Hard drives will probably stick around for a while on emerging markets, but I think they will stop being offered at the consumer level by 2020. People are transitioning to portable devices exclusively and mechanical drives just require too much power and space.
SSD's have been getting shrunk down for thinner laptops and fairly soon I think the 2.5" standard will go out of style.
http://images.anandtech.com/doci/6293/DSC_8384.jpg
I personally will never deal with the spin up time, the clicking noises and the slow speeds of a mechanical drive ever again.
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This, I totally agree. Especially when you see laptops selling for $500~600 offering all these perks like a 1TB HDD and 8GB ram with i3 or sometimes even an i5. For that amount of money I would expect to have at least a reliable 250GB SSD in there for that price I'm paying. No reason a laptop should have a HDD anymore, its just a complete joke.will888 wrote: ↑There's space for both to coexist. It's difficult to expect pricing to equalize. That said, I just don't understand why laptops still use HDD as the standard. There's not that much price difference between 500 gig HDD and 250 gig SSD. Most people would sacrifice a bit of storage for a lot more speed.
Feb 19th, 2016 3:46 pm
That's my estimate too. Or maybe like 15.
Yeah really...
Feb 20th, 2016 7:51 am
It's not a complete joke. It's not financially feasible to offer the laptop for the price you want with an SSD.heyyahblah wrote: ↑This, I totally agree. Especially when you see laptops selling for $500~600 offering all these perks like a 1TB HDD and 8GB ram with i3 or sometimes even an i5. For that amount of money I would expect to have at least a reliable 250GB SSD in there for that price I'm paying. No reason a laptop should have a HDD anymore, its just a complete joke.
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It's getting to the point of where it almost is feasible.
Feb 20th, 2016 6:41 pm
Not quite so, if you compare retail prices certain sizes are pretty much on par at the retail cost level.
I agree but not so much so of a gap if you do some comparison, we are only priced at the retail level, so we don't know what prices manufacturers would be offered at the bulk level.death_hawk wrote: ↑It's getting to the point of where it almost is feasible.
I don't know what the bulk pricing on drives is, but assuming SSDs and HDDs are equal in terms of costs relative to retail, we're approaching the level at where a 500GB HDD and something like a 128GB SSD are about the same price.
1TB and 256GB still has a bit of a gap but I can't see that lasting more than a couple years.
The only place HDDs are still competitive (and will remain competitive) is the large end.
A 2TB SSD is still like a grand. I can buy a 2TB drive that'll fit in (some) notebooks for $80.
Feb 20th, 2016 6:52 pm
Yeah but people want a 500GB drive not a 128GB one. When they can get a 500GB SSD at the same price as a 128GB SSD is now then sure, but not until then.death_hawk wrote: ↑It's getting to the point of where it almost is feasible.
I don't know what the bulk pricing on drives is, but assuming SSDs and HDDs are equal in terms of costs relative to retail, we're approaching the level at where a 500GB HDD and something like a 128GB SSD are about the same price.
1TB and 256GB still has a bit of a gap but I can't see that lasting more than a couple years.
The only place HDDs are still competitive (and will remain competitive) is the large end.
A 2TB SSD is still like a grand. I can buy a 2TB drive that'll fit in (some) notebooks for $80.
Feb 20th, 2016 7:37 pm
They can get a 256GB drive. On a Windows 10 vanilla install and 10% over-provision (something I did myself) call the over-provision a recovery partition or apps if you will, pre-bundled junk, that still gives you 189GB free on the laptop.
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