groberts101
Golden Member
understood. not everyone cares as much about time and is fine with leaving the computer to "think" or run scans while they get coffee or take a break.
With SSD you casn do it all at once and still not miss a beat. Hard to do with even the fastest HDD though, was the main point.
And not all is about money of course.. time is often in short supply and that's exactly what you pay for with SSD. You're buying some time back in the end.
As for the original question from the OP?.. it will be about 12 more months before those larger capacity models reach 1$ per GB. It's not so much about the actual cost for those sized drives(though chip density does play a role).. but far more about "product placement" than anything else. When we finally see more mainstream SSD's in the 512GB range?.. then the 256GB models will become more of an intermeidiate drive like the current 120GB models and the prices will fall. Just like anything else though.. you will always pay the premium for the fastest/largest capacity of just about anything memory/tech related.
With SSD you casn do it all at once and still not miss a beat. Hard to do with even the fastest HDD though, was the main point.
And not all is about money of course.. time is often in short supply and that's exactly what you pay for with SSD. You're buying some time back in the end.
As for the original question from the OP?.. it will be about 12 more months before those larger capacity models reach 1$ per GB. It's not so much about the actual cost for those sized drives(though chip density does play a role).. but far more about "product placement" than anything else. When we finally see more mainstream SSD's in the 512GB range?.. then the 256GB models will become more of an intermeidiate drive like the current 120GB models and the prices will fall. Just like anything else though.. you will always pay the premium for the fastest/largest capacity of just about anything memory/tech related.
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