PCIe for SATA, fragmenting the SATA connection technology?

[VirtualLarry]

I really am NOT looking forward to recent developments around a PCI-E SATA standard. You know why? Because I have older computers that I try to keep running.

If the majority of the market moves to some new post-SATA interface, then SATA drives are going to get expensive and rare, just like IDE is now.

In fact, I went looking for a 500GB IDE drive the other night (checking prices, since I still have one BNIB), and found out that it appears that WD has actually stopped mfg the 500GB model, and is only mfg'ing the lower-capacity models like the 320GB. The only place that I could find selling new ones, was third-party sellers on Amazon.com for $200.

These things are like Gold now. Will higher-TB SATA drives become the same?

 

[LokutusofBorg]

Yeah, I dread technology advances because it makes my stuff outdated. Cars, too. I hate all these damn fuel-efficient engines, they're making it so that I can't even buy parts for my old cars to keep them running.