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2008, The Year of Solid State Storage

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the owe-me-a-solid dept.

An anonymous reader writes "At CES, SSD drives were a plenty on the show floor. "Some companies said we could see 250GB SSD units by the end of this year, while others predicted it could take up to a couple of years for them to become mainstream. None of the companies promised mainstream adoption, but they promised a bright future and we are inclined to believe them. High capacity drives are going to be expensive due to their very nature of early technology and gradual adoption rate."

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  1. Re:Lets try the other way around, eh by alexhs · · Score: 5, Funny

    nobody wants to use magnetic over solid state anyway Oh, but I've heard that magnetic data has a warmth and nuanced feeling that SSD harsh data doesn't have...
    Already that magnetic drives weren't all that good to start with...
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  2. Re:Lets try the other way around, eh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    You magnetophiles really take the cake ... I suppose next you'll be telling us that if we can't tell the difference on our monitors between data pulled from a simple SSD as compared to your overpriced magnetic platter storage with wooden control knobs and monster cable connecting everything together, it's because our vision isn't discriminating enough.