How long until SSD's are affordable? 1yr? 2yrs?

[Black Diesel]

"affordable" is a relative term I guess...but how long do you guys think it will be before SSD's are approx 40cents per GB? Are we talking another year, two years, or longer?

 

[kanit]

I think next year by this time we'll be down to 1$/GB. Give them 2-3 more before they become standard.

 

[fat jez]

They'll come down in price, the cost of memory always does. I still remember paying £140 for 4MB of RAM, now I can get 4GB for about £20-30. Same with hard disks, I remember paying £1/MB, now standard drives cost a lot less than £1/GB. As technology becomes more mass-market and demands increase, the price comes down. As for when, that's more tricky.

Crucial's M4 is now about £1.30/GB and has already dropped by about 15% since I bought my drive less than a month ago. I reckon 2-3 years, less if demand picks up.

 

[aeboi]

at least 2 years if you're talking about 40 cents/GB

 

[BAC5.2]

Hopefully Aeboi is right. $0.20/GB would make it worth getting one.

 

[cinek]

ocz onyx is already £1 per 1GB. The slower drives should be available for about £1 per 1GB in about a year - maybe faster if we see a new sata port since now we've reached the limit

 

[Inopia-Vi]

Maybee worth a look at this article

http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/11/consumer-ssds-to-cost-1-per-gigabyte-in-2012-gartner/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2275...eak_out_in_2012_gartner_says.html#tk.rss_news

My call is 60cents/gb by fall 2012

Who knows, they might be free on december 21....