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When are we gonna see 2TB SSDs sitting on the shelf of Frys Electronics for like $150

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Get 2 500gb ssd"s inside and buy a raid backup solution for speed. There is no way to get anything you want for under 1000,- everyone would like tech from 20 years from now but guess what, its not possible unles you break the bank
 
I would pay 1k if it were for two 1TB SSDs but a total of one TB is not enough, and it's still a hassle to opti in and out anytime I make hardware changes.

1k for only half of what I really want is not worth it.

Maybe if it was exactly what I wanted.

Frankly if a 2TB SSD came out on the market tomorrow, I dunno what I'd be willing to pay...
 
OP, you've still not explained why you NEED an SSD. You don't NEED it, you WANT it. You're just being impatient. Nobody knows EXACTLY when large-capacity SSD's will be in the price range of platter drives we're currently used to. Just wait. It'll come. I'd love a high-capacity SSD that doesn't require selling myself, but until then, things are the way they are!
 
Gr80Likes2Boogi said:
OP, you've still not explained why you NEED an SSD. You don't NEED it, you WANT it. You're just being impatient. Nobody knows EXACTLY when large-capacity SSD's will be in the price range of platter drives we're currently used to. Just wait. It'll come. I'd love a high-capacity SSD that doesn't require selling myself, but until then, things are the way they are!
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Once you go SSD, you can never go back to HDD. It's impossible.
 
miles01110 said:
You don't need a 2 TB SSD. Or an SSD at all for that matter.
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Bobby Corwen said:
Yea I do...

I dont have time for all that BS. I don't want to have to split all my data over 3-4 different places. Drive, internal storage, external storage, backup drive. Wtf????

Give me a 2TB SSD inside and all I will need is a 2nd 2TB external only rarely for backup of irreplacable documents/files in case of failure that I keep in a closet.

Things are sloppy now.
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A 2 TB HDD inside would do all you asked for .... you don't need a 2 TB SSD.


As to your question ......

The 2 TB SSD for $150 will be released right after the 1 TB SSS for $49.99 is released. :p
 
harcosparky said:
A 2 TB HDD inside would do all you asked for .... you don't need a 2 TB SSD.


As to your question ......

The 2 TB SSD for $150 will be released right after the 1 TB SSS for $49.99 is released. :p
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It would do all I ask for yes, but noticeably slower.

Everything is a "want", because all I actually "need" is bread, water, shelter, and my swag. Everything else is an auxiliary "want."
 
Ceebee1980 said:
Never (except in a very fringe market for people who don't relent control of their data). By the time they got to that price-point, drives will probably cease to be in most computers. You'll be using the cloud for almost everything, even the processing. You'll just be "subscribing" to various-speed computers/devices, and what you hold in your hand will contain:

-a touchscreen
-speakers
-a powerful wireless card
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That would have to be one beast of a wireless card, capable of 1000x the speed to Thunderbolt with immense amounts of channels going back and forth from the user. Plus you'd still need a graphics card to generate an image on the screen.
 
Ceebee1980 said:
Never (except in a very fringe market for people who don't relent control of their data). By the time they got to that price-point, drives will probably cease to be in most computers. You'll be using the cloud for almost everything, even the processing. You'll just be "subscribing" to various-speed computers/devices, and what you hold in your hand will contain:

-a touchscreen
-speakers
-a powerful wireless card
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iPad26
 
SSDs will not hit $1/GB until 2013. Industry has said exactly this.

2TB for $150 = $0.075/GB. When will that happen? If Moore's law plays out, probably around 2018.
 
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What the guy above me said...
 
some people overrate ssds so much. yes, they are exceptional and probably the single best upgrade that you can apply to your computer, but i would bet that half of the people using an ssd don't even need it. i'm not sure anyone needs it. i suppose that factors like faster boot times and application launches is nice, but at the price of most ssds unless you get a cheap one with some sort of external/optibay setup...it's not worth it at all.

a 2tb ssd is ridiculous, and trying to assume the price of it years from now is even more so.
 
Bobby Corwen said:
2012?

2016?

I'm tired of all the limits and the slow progression. Is it really that expensive to make a little drive? More so than processors? Why does all my info have to be backed up and transfered and opti-bayed.

This has gone long enough. Give me my space.
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Around the same time as the iPad dual boots iOS and some flavor of full Mac OS.

I'm always confused why people want so much capacity inside the laptop. You don't access every file on the machine every day, so why do you need it carried around with you inside the machine when an external would work infinitely better?

I mean seriously, I frequently access roughly 80GB of stuff. That's it. I HAVE over 5 TB of stuff, but the majority of it is accessed once a month, so why waste money on a larger internal drive? The 128GB is just fine and the price is quite reasonable for that. Even if SSDs got down to $1/GB, I still wouldn't do it. I'd rather invest that money in faster, more reliable tech and use my externals and backups for the infrequent access stuff.
 
revelated said:
I mean seriously, I frequently access roughly 80GB of stuff. That's it. I HAVE over 5 TB of stuff, but the majority of it is accessed once a month, so why waste money on a larger internal drive? The 128GB is just fine and the price is quite reasonable for that. Even if SSDs got down to $1/GB, I still wouldn't do it. I'd rather invest that money in faster, more reliable tech and use my externals and backups for the infrequent access stuff.
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i agree. when i see people upgrading to a ~512gb ssd or something i just find it ridiculous. if you want the speed of an ssd, the 128gb or even less is probably the best purchase, although i do not want to speak for anyone but myself...just my opinion. personally i don't have a need for a ssd, or even a 7200rpm hdd at the moment. still getting use out of my stock 500gb 5400rpm drive, and it preforms very well.
 
Well, instead of bitching about the prices of SSD's, you should dedicate your effort on getting rich, then you can have all the **** you want and won't need to EVER think about "it costs" too much. C'mon son, need to think ahead here. :rolleyes:
 
deeesea said:
Well, instead of bitching about the prices of SSD's, you should dedicate your effort on getting rich, then you can have all the **** you want and won't need to EVER think about "it costs" too much. C'mon son, need to think ahead here. :rolleyes:
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NOW youre speakin my language son!

Thats what Im talkin about... complete paradigm shift...

$$$$$$$$$$

I love it.
 
Archlord said:
i agree. when i see people upgrading to a ~512gb ssd or something i just find it ridiculous. if you want the speed of an ssd, the 128gb or even less is probably the best purchase, although i do not want to speak for anyone but myself...just my opinion. personally i don't have a need for a ssd, or even a 7200rpm hdd at the moment. still getting use out of my stock 500gb 5400rpm drive, and it preforms very well.
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Well as a power user I have 4 music composition plug-in bundles that all equal over 50 GB each as an install. This means they are not just files totaling over 200GB but rather programs that need to be installed. And on top of that I have 600GB of samples and sounds. I also need space to work with the actual renderings and future Final Cut X work files and then I have years of music and movies and pictures. Lots of extra DAWs with their own soundbanks on both OSX and Win7, and even games.

For previewing samples SSD helps with speed of access and sifting through thousands of samples and instruments. Waiting for each instrument to load, (or not waiting) is a big deal. Every advantage I can get I need in HD access.

So I need a fast and large HD.

150$ seems reasonable. Why does 80GB cost that much but not larger sizes. They are mostly the same parts and build type.

IS IT REALLY THAT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PRICES TO COME DOWN YET? Its been 2 years.
 
If you have paid versions of the software and plug-ins, I would think the cost of the SSD would be immaterial to your total system cost. Like buying a Ferrari and then complaining that the tires cost $1,800 a piece.
 
Bobby Corwen said:
Well as a power user I have 4 music composition plug-in bundles that all equal over 50 GB each as an install. This means they are not just files totaling over 200GB but rather programs that need to be installed. And on top of that I have 600GB of samples and sounds. I also need space to work with the actual renderings and future Final Cut X work files and then I have years of music and movies and pictures. Lots of extra DAWs with their own soundbanks on both OSX and Win7, and even games.

For previewing samples SSD helps with speed of access and sifting through thousands of samples and instruments. Waiting for each instrument to load, (or not waiting) is a big deal. Every advantage I can get I need in HD access.

So I need a fast and large HD.

150$ seems reasonable. Why does 80GB cost that much but not larger sizes. They are mostly the same parts and build type.

IS IT REALLY THAT IMPOSSIBLE FOR PRICES TO COME DOWN YET? Its been 2 years.
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I think your questions would be better directed at Intel, Crucial, OWC, or OCZ. I understand why you want an SSD that can house all of that but it's unrealistic to expect it to cost what you think it should. When you email OWC ask them why 16GB RAM for the MBP is around $1600. It's simply supply vs. demand because the majority of people that use computers don't understand the benefits of an SSD. Plus, the R&D has to be recouped for the company making said SSD.
 
getz76 said:
If you have paid versions of the software and plug-ins, I would think the cost of the SSD would be immaterial to your total system cost. Like buying a Ferrari and then complaining that the tires cost $1,800 a piece.
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Komplete and Omisphere were less than 1k on sale.

Nexus, and Goliath I got from my producer friends.

This isnt about my money specifically, but rather the prices for everyone. I mean I could afford it sure.. even if it was 5K.... but thats not the point.
 
acedickson said:
I think your questions would be better directed at Intel, Crucial, OWC, or OCZ. I understand why you want an SSD that can house all of that but it's unrealistic to expect it to cost what you think it should. When you email OWC ask them why 16GB RAM for the MBP is around $1600. It's simply supply vs. demand because the majority of people that use computers don't understand the benefits of an SSD. Plus, the R&D has to be recouped for the company making said SSD.
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Research and development aside, why cant we get something on the market that is reasonable? The reason demand is so low is also because straight up there are no good deals. We have progressed to larger storage needs, then took this crippling backwards step of a double edged sword. --A time and place Im annoyed of being in, as you can see with all 4 drives i have to juggle.

Maybe if they were larger sizes at reasonable prices first, demand would materialize and R&D might be recouped faster while pushing the market forward.

I just dont understand why 80GB = 100$ and 500GB = 1000$ when there are no extra spinning plates and they are just virtual memory holders. Obviously they can be created, but why so much extra cost for more size? Even 2 years later??
 
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