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No Cheap Replacement For Hard Disks Before 2020

Posted by timothy on from the we'll-see-in-10-years-about-that dept.

siddesu writes with disappointing news to anyone who'd like to see solid-state storage dominate in the near-term future. "A new study of storage technology by the former CTO of Seagate predicts that hard disks will remain the cheapest storage technology in the next decade and probably beyond."

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  1. In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    There is no substitute, cheap or otherwise, for a mug of frosty piss.

  2. Re:Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're a total idiot. You do realize that 2020 is only a decade away, right?

    Yes. In 2 or 3 more iterations of Windows, the base install will require 10 double-sided 50GB Bluray discs. That's a great prediction there.