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OCW 1TB Octane SSD for Notebooks - $3,250
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Maybe $499 but who knows?
I kind of think they're dropping in price quite nicely compared to a year ago. 256GB is well within reach of most everybody now. (At least enough to make people second guess 128GB). Really affordable 512's are just around the corner as well.
There for a while It seemed SSD prices were etched in stone.
I agree. This year prices seem to fall much more rapidly even though there was no major process shrink. Maybe it takes this long for one to take effect.There for a while It seemed SSD prices were etched in stone.
We need 14nm NAND if we want affordable 1TB drives.
Maybe they seem to fall faster, because the prices apparently were stuck with barely any change for quite some time.
What's stopping me from putting 4x256GB Crucials for $800 total? I would if I had a desktop
Also 512GB should be lower by the end of this year. I have a feeling at about $400 around black friday.
Just installed it. Got it for a steal from my Pal. Paid merely $280
That would translate to prices actually falling "faster" then.
Yes, but not in the long term.
Maybe $499 but who knows?
I kind of think they're dropping in price quite nicely compared to a year ago. 256GB is well within reach of most everybody now. (At least enough to make people second guess 128GB). Really affordable 512's are just around the corner as well.
There for a while It seemed SSD prices were etched in stone.
My personal sweet spot is about $1 per GB for SSD's. Anything lower is just a bonus. I just picked up a 240G Vertex 3 for ~ $250. Had I picked up another one and put them in raid 0, that'd essentially be 500G @ $500.
This is great. Finally SSDs will allow for more storage in a 2.5'' slot than a HDD. The price is still ridiculous, but that's just a matter of time.
256 GB SSDs have now arrived at 1GB/$ (price for M4 at crucial.com, sale prices are even lower). Soon there should be a nice selection of 250 GB SSDs around the $200 price point.
The 1 TB SSD will hopefully put some pressure on 512 GB SSD pricing, maybe bring it down to $300-$400 for Q4/2012.
256 GB SSDs have now arrived at 1GB/$ (price for M4 at crucial.com, sale prices are even lower). Soon there should be a nice selection of 250 GB SSDs around the $200 price point.
The 1 TB SSD will hopefully put some pressure on 512 GB SSD pricing, maybe bring it down to $300-$400 for Q4/2012.
f(me)bar, that's nuts, the 1TB Octane was only supposed to be around $1,300 when they announced it, and at that price I was going to shell out (al-beit painfully) 'cause my 500GB in my laptop is full, and I really want an SSD but this is quite the set back (apart from the fact it took them so long to bring them out) I might just have to go for another platter based drive to tide me over
Maybe $499 but who knows?
I kind of think they're dropping in price quite nicely compared to a year ago. 256GB is well within reach of most everybody now. (At least enough to make people second guess 128GB). Really affordable 512's are just around the corner as well.
There for a while It seemed SSD prices were etched in stone.
Yeah... SSDs are actually an option now. Hopefully the drops will be more significant by next year (if the world doesn't end first
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Just sell your kidney or something.
Haha! I actually remember a story about a girl selling her kidney for an Iphone4. WOW lol