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To: Bruno Cipolla who wrote (32505)	6/14/2006 7:51:02 AM
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Sequential read/write speed might be lower on flash, but random seek time is way faster. OTOH, price-wise there is a lot of ground to cover before the SSD can replace HDD in any significant volume. The entry level desktop drive @160GB (as per www.dell.com) retails about $50 = 0.32/GB (pricewatch.com).. This price is not about to half next year, but density has been doubling every year, so next year, 300GB should be $50. There's a better opportunity with laptop drives as 100GB for laptops is still over 100, which makes it $1/GB. That appears to only double capacity every 2-3 years. (The $100 is likely misleading as there is little active upgrade mkt for laptop HDD, which makes the manufacturers cost substantially lower). SSD's advantage is also size. since smaller and thinner laptops can now be build.

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