Hard Drives Down To A Dollar A Gigabyte

Junky191 writes "I doubt anyone else noticed this- but today is the first day where mass storage is available for $1 per gigabyte (according to pricewatch,). There are several stores now selling 120GB models for $120 shipped. This is truly an amazing milestone for those of us who once spent $500 for the fantastically large 10MB models. I just can't wait for the days when things are $1/TB." With discounts, the price has been that low for a little while.

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Re:error

[crow]

Bzzzt.

You're right that TB is TereByte. However, a TB is the next step up from GB, not the other way around.

GB=2^30 or 10^9 if you're a lying drive manufacturer
TB=2^40 or 10^12
PB=2^50 or 10^15
EB=2^60 or 10^18

Re:$1/TB?

[Etcetera]

the days of multi terrabyte storage systems for the home is a little further off. Unless someone comes out with more justification for that much space

When virtual reality (fully 3d, immersed environments) start to appear and be used in the home, there'll be a need for this kind of storage. Combined with processor advances to do the massive crunches needed for such an interface/game/devetool/whatever... the average home user will finally have the ability to experience it.

Given the advances in OS engineering, i'd put the initial uses of this (at home) in six years or less.

I don't think we'll be at $1/TB for a decade though (10 years ago we were at $1000/GB). And I agree, we don't need storage space to be *quite* that low for VR itself to take off.

IMHO.

Re:Perspective...

[cr@ckwhore]

FYI, the parent post is a quote taken from this web page: http://www.angelfire.com/pq/pcmuseum/storage.html