Quote Originally Posted by H2omg View Post
Well, it looks like I've entered the "I can see into the future thread". So, while I'm here, allow me to share my vision of the future. It's a little more realistic than some of the things I've read in here.

HDD's will be around for another 10-15 years, if not longer. As some have mentioned in here, it is not WE who make up the market. We tend to drive the industry forward, sure. But we certainly do not maintain the industry from a financial standpoint. It's Joe-average and Bob-normal that are keeping companies in business. Joe and Bob don't really need what SSD's have to offer until the price/capacity points are identical or better than HDD's.

Additionally, those who think SSD's will "catch up" to HDD's in terms of capacity within the next 3 years are just plain fooling themselves. It's taken years for them to reach the 64, 128, 256GB marks that they're at now, and those capacities are quite expensive. Let's not forget HDD's are now @ 1.5TB for 3.5'' and 500GB for 2.5''. HDD's will continue to increase in data density just like SSD's will.
you totally forgot about mobile right?

laptops will drive the ssd market faster than you think lower power consuption no heat (my 5400 rpm laptop driver burns) no noise and even smaller package.

have you seen, any flash device how fast they became larger and cheaper in 2 o 3 years give the market for ssd another 2 or 3 years and you will see more capacity more speed and cheaper prices