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    First 1TB SSD drive hits market


    Posted: 13 Apr 2010
    Over recent years Solid State Drives (SSDs) have moved from luxury to affordable additions to one's PC. The cost of an SSD depends largely upon the capacity of the drive, which has meant that mechanical hard drives still dominate when it comes to storage, with SSDs more suited to storing one's operating system and frequently used applications.

    For example, a 128GB SSD will set you back $300-$400 depending on manufacturer. For the same amount of cash you can get a four or five Terrabytes worth of normal hard drive space.
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    Tews's Avatar Posted By: Tews
    13 Apr 2010



  1. Posts : 4,925
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #1

    Considering the prices of much smaller units, thats not a bad price range. Still too expensive for most people though.
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  2. Posts : 15
    Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
       #2

    4000$
    i ll better wait...
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  3. Posts : 9,582
    Windows 8.1 Pro RTM x64
       #3

    True, but remember what the cost of what were, by todays standards, very small (miniscule) HDDs when they first came out?

    Upgrading & Repairing PCs 19th Edition, Scott Mueller said:
    In 1982 a 10MB drive and controller cost more than $2,000 ($200,000 per gigabyte), a figure which would actually be more than double that amount in today's dollars. Currently, the cost of desktop hard drives (with integrated controllers) has dropped to $0.09 per gigabyte or less - or about 1,000GB for $90! Laptop drives have fallen to $0.18 per gigabyte or less, or about 500GB for $90.
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  4. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    yeah... i think ill stick to HDD's for now
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  5. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
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    The good thing about newer, bigger SSDs is that eventually it will drive the prices down on the smaller ones. However, at the price of the 1TB now, that won't have much effect until there is competitive products.
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  6. Posts : 55
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #6

    We all know SSDs are rapidly improving (cheaper and better), but are they actually catching up with HDDs. Because if they don't catch up with regular drives (which are still improving rapidly), they'll never hit the mainstream.
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  7. Posts : 535
    Windows 7 Pro 64bit
       #7

    SSDs are just not practical yet, they are either too small ore too pricey. pick your poison with them. HDDs at least have nice size for a nice price, even if less reliable and slower. I could buy 3 2TB HDDs before i get a 1TB SDD, 1 to run, one for backup and one just in case one fails, and i would still hardly scratch the price of that SDD!
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  8. Posts : 1,487
    Windows 7 x64 / Same
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    Cost prohibitive at the moment. But give it time.

    IDK if OCZ makes good hard drives, but I use their RAM and it is good.
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  9. Posts : 6,618
    W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE
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    Since the primary benefit of a SSD is to run an OS from, what would a person need with all that extra space? I have been considering a small SSD, but even that has a number of issues to consider.
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