Yeah the highest capacity drives never have the best GiB/$ ratios. But larger capacity drives always lead to lower prices in the mainstream. Right now the HDD capacity/price sweet spot is at 320 GiB or 500 GiB. In 12-18 months it could be at the 750 GiB or 1 TiB (.909TB) level. That would be as a result of 2TiB or 3 TiB drives on the market and decreased costs for lower data densities.
So in conclusion: Typhoid Mary, you comment was asinine
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I don't think it's unrealistic to expect hard drive sizes to triple in 2-3 years. They've basically been doing that since they've been created.
Unfortunately the price per gig is never justified with these new larger drives.
Yeah the highest capacity drives never have the best GiB/$ ratios. But larger capacity drives always lead to lower prices in the mainstream. Right now the HDD capacity/price sweet spot is at 320 GiB or 500 GiB. In 12-18 months it could be at the 750 GiB or 1 TiB (.909TB) level. That would be as a result of 2TiB or 3 TiB drives on the market and decreased costs for lower data densities.
So in conclusion: Typhoid Mary, you comment was asinine