SSD's are THE FUTURE. Soon, 1 TB platter HD's will cost you less than $100.
Someone here on Engadget argued with me that it would take longer than 2009 to get SSD's this cheap. Told ya so !
I'm betting Blu Ray and DVD's will be replaced by digital downloads within 5 years - poibly 10. Now that Television has moved from analog to digital and people are basically being forced to pay $100+ a month for their telephone/internet/phone service, cable and Fios speeds will be high enough to fascilitate digital downloading replacing physical media.
It took less than 10 years for MP3 players to largely replace CD players by the way.
hey flashpoint... everybody already knows that.. you are on a gadget blog, this is not some retirement home you are talking to.. of course we are up to date and know all these things.
@guns, what's confusing about it? Hard drives today have moving parts so they'll obvious die at some point (both in the literal sense and in the hard-drive sector sense). SSD are obvious the future but we're still not there yet. For now, mechanical drives are very quick and cheap and will continue to evole.
You could have fooled me. Cause most of the more intelligent comments I see people posting get low ranked due to their truth or ridiculed due to the stupidity of others.
@rock, he'll only have it for about another 24 hours left to enjoy it. you'd think he'd be out on the road enjoying it instead of commenting on engadget.
since when have mp3 players taken over cd's ? what planet are you on ?
pretty much the only medium you can buy retail in the entire world , is CD.
just because you own an mp3 player , please don't make the mistake of thinking the entire planet is doing what your doing.
the main reason for this deficit is that you can not realistically do much with an mp3 player without a computer, and on the scale things there are still not a lot of households with computers, let alone internet. Thus, there are still not many households (on a world scale) that have an mp3 player or are likley to get one with the forseable future.
CD and even tape recorders are still out there on a scale you cant possibly imagine as an engadget reader.
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SSD's are THE FUTURE.
Soon, 1 TB platter HD's will cost you less than $100.
Someone here on Engadget argued with me that it would take longer than 2009 to get SSD's this cheap. Told ya so !
I'm betting Blu Ray and DVD's will be replaced by digital downloads within 5 years - poibly 10.
Now that Television has moved from analog to digital and people are basically being forced to pay $100+ a month for their telephone/internet/phone service, cable and Fios speeds will be high enough to fascilitate digital downloading replacing physical media.
It took less than 10 years for MP3 players to largely replace CD players by the way.
hey flashpoint... everybody already knows that.. you are on a gadget blog, this is not some retirement home you are talking to.. of course we are up to date and know all these things.
funny guy.
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SSD's are THE FUTURE.
Soon, 1 TB platter HD's will cost you less than $100.
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That's confusing.
@guns, what's confusing about it? Hard drives today have moving parts so they'll obvious die at some point (both in the literal sense and in the hard-drive sector sense). SSD are obvious the future but we're still not there yet. For now, mechanical drives are very quick and cheap and will continue to evole.
@guns
Its ok for Flashpoint to be confusing. Didn't you hear he has a Mercedes Benz? That's like a free pass to do whatever you want apparently.
cg
You could have fooled me. Cause most of the more intelligent comments I see people posting get low ranked due to their truth or ridiculed due to the stupidity of others.
@rock, he'll only have it for about another 24 hours left to enjoy it. you'd think he'd be out on the road enjoying it instead of commenting on engadget.
since when have mp3 players taken over cd's ?
what planet are you on ?
pretty much the only medium you can buy retail in the entire world , is CD.
just because you own an mp3 player , please don't make the mistake of thinking the entire planet is doing what your doing.
the main reason for this deficit is that you can not realistically do much with an mp3 player without a computer, and on the scale things there are still not a lot of households with computers, let alone internet. Thus, there are still not many households (on a world scale) that have an mp3 player or are likley to get one with the forseable future.
CD and even tape recorders are still out there on a scale you cant possibly imagine as an engadget reader.
@cg: -C'mon Guys!! -It's all Ball-Bearings these days!!1