Computer hard drives

mich · Post by **mich** » Tue 29 Apr, 2008 05:28

I read some where recently that the days of the Mechanical Hard Drive were over, but have been unable to re locate the article, has any one seen this or offer any further info? Thanks

PVR · Post by **PVR** » Tue 29 Apr, 2008 07:09

The new Apple has a solid state disk, and as they are generally the trend setters ....

Size is an issue at the moment though.

namatjira · Post by **namatjira** » Tue 29 Apr, 2008 08:46

PVR wrote:
Size is an issue at the moment though.

Isn't it always

Seriously though, while solid state disk is the forward trend it will be a very long time before hard disks are replaced. There are several reasons for this.

1) SSD is very expensive at the moment and in high demand
2) Even after a catastrophic failure data can still be recovered from a regular hard disk but not so from a solid state disk.
3) Capacity. SSD is a very long way short of HDD capacity and both are increasing dramatically.

I expect that each will consolidate in their own markets.

Cheers

SpunkyM · Post by **SpunkyM** » Tue 29 Apr, 2008 16:25

It makes sense that the SSD will be used more in the portable and hand held storgae applications. Where size isn't an issue the conventional HDD will remain for a long time to come yet. You can get 2TB for about £300 now!

mich · Post by **mich** » Tue 29 Apr, 2008 23:36

Thanks for the input, They are expensive see http://techreport.com/articles.x/13163 I am in for a new desk top but will stick with the normal HD

estocks · Post by **estocks** » Wed 30 Apr, 2008 00:36

I've seen IDE to CF adaptors, you can get 3 CF drives on one 3.5" carrier, making 96GB a possibility.

tetchmeister · Post by **tetchmeister** » Wed 30 Apr, 2008 08:31

SSD's have been an option on Toshiba and Dell machines for some time now, 64Gb is the standard capacity.