Quote: Originally Posted by
barman58 Talking to someone the other day who is using SSD system based on 32GB units and paying 16 Pounds Sterling per gig - so I would call that a bit steep.
they will drop in price in time I'm sure
Let's put these costs into perspective.
Quote: Originally Posted by
Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing PCs 18th Edition, p665 In 1982 a 10MB drive and controller cost more than $2,000 ($200,000 per gigabyte), a figure which would actually be more than double that amount in today's dollars. Currently, the cost of desktop hard drives (with integrated controllers) has dropped to $0.28 per gigabyte or less - or about 500GB for $140! Laptop drives have fallen to $0.67 per gigabyte or less, or about 120GB for $80.
I realise that this is about conventional HDDs, but I would expect that the same will prevail for the SSD devices. And yes, you did read that correctly - a
10MB drive.