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'Will not reach parity with HDDs' is not equal to not getting cheaper. There is a pretty large disparity there. Also, HDD density will not sit still. On top of that, HDD providers have a lot of leeway in pricing to make themselves an attractive option, NAND drives not-so-much. IOW, this is apples and oranges. One could argue up to 128gb drives are already commodities, just not suitable for replacing HDDs (hence why the later could stay expensive after the flood recovery).
The big question then becomes just that: at what point drives become sensible replacements as the primary (only) internal storage option in a laptop when it is the only computer someone owns. One could argue that is happening as 256GB drives are becoming reasonably priced...or certainly will be as 512GB drives trend downwards at the tail-end of the next cycle.
'Will not reach parity with HDDs' is not equal to not getting cheaper. There is a pretty large disparity there. Also, HDD density will not sit still. On top of that, HDD providers have a lot of leeway in pricing to make themselves an attractive option, NAND drives not-so-much. IOW, this is apples and oranges. One could argue up to 128gb drives are already commodities, just not suitable for replacing HDDs (hence why the later could stay expensive after the flood recovery).
The big question then becomes just that: at what point drives become sensible replacements as the primary (only) internal storage option in a laptop when it is the only computer someone owns. One could argue that is happening as 256GB drives are becoming reasonably priced...or certainly will be as 512GB drives trend downwards at the tail-end of the next cycle.
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[Posted by: turtle 
| Date: 07/22/12 07:46:56 PM]
| Date: 07/23/12 06:58:39 AM]
