In Reply to: Solid state storage.... posted by alan m. kafton on January 4, 2007 at 15:29:47:
>>> 300 terabyte drive by 201032GB solid state drives are cool, but have limited use. As a replacement for mechanical drives, they're certainly more durable, but would consumers buy the durability at a higher price and lower capacities? I suppose they're also quieter, but the smaller 2.5" and 1.8" mechanical drives are already close to noiseless.
One thing I look forward to is the day when portable music players are based around large, replaceable solid state drives such as this. Then you could drop, say, a 64GB solid state drive into the player when one becomes available. There may not be a lot of enthusiasm for such flexibility, though, when manufacturers like Apple can just sell new solid-state players to people every two years when the technology grows to encompass higher capacities.
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- No, the future is... Here - J.Mac 16:29:59 01/04/07 (0)