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Days of the spinning hard drive are numbered June 8, 2012 12:18 pm TB

Amazon has a deal today where SanDisk is selling solid-state data storage drives. Same interfaces as spinning disk drives, but no moving parts.

120 GB, $99. 480 GB, $379.

Of course these are sale prices, but it wasn’t long ago that this was the price range for spinning disk drives, and I expect prices will continue to drop.

In the same way as I pronounced the doom of video stores about ten years ago, I hereby pronounce the doom of the spinning-disk drive.

  • Unintended consequences. by bowser 2012-06-08 18:14:03
    • The days of physical media are numbered by Robert 2012-06-10 15:31:24
      • I stand naked in the cloud by FrankC 2012-06-11 16:30:19
        • I look at clouds from both sides now. by TB 2012-06-11 10:37:15
          • There is a book called "Clouds from Both Sides". Great read. by bowser 2012-06-11 11:19:48
          • Our "Tabs" is awaiting what I laughingly call the next budget cycle. Soon. by bowser 2012-06-11 10:10:09
            • Yeah, but. by bowser 2012-06-10 16:05:47
              • Good point by Robert 2012-06-11 09:11:32
              • and about paper by Robert 2012-06-10 15:34:56
                • It is like the horse shit problem at the turn of the 19th century by FrankC 2012-06-11 16:58:42
            • Thanks for the tip by Robert 2012-06-08 17:39:25
              • Let us know how it works. by TB 2012-06-10 10:41:28
                • Chapter One: The Arrival by Robert 2012-06-11 18:59:48
                  • Thanks! by TB 2012-06-11 23:12:35

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