SSD in 9-12 months?

I hope to purchase a new laptop then to replace my 1520, do you guys think SSD will be standard or more practical by that time? i.e. cheaper prices, larger capacities (I don't think I'll need more than 32GB anyhow), etc.?

And I read on Wiki that SSD's actually are made to last about 10 years, taking into account the write cycles and wear-and-tear. I don't plan to use it for more than 4 years, so the flash memory's lifetime shouldn't be a problem, right?

On a side note, how many of you have SSD's?

 

Doubt it, it's still a long way and prices are still pretty high. Hybrid disc drives should last for another year or two in my opinion.

 

I will be using conventional HDD until the capacity of SSD reaches at least half of the maxium capacity available to the conventional HDD. (especially for notebooks, who very often can only install one HDD if you want to keep the optical drive, and having a superfast cpu with only 32GB HDD capacity just doesn't look right).
Also, I don't think many people will purchase SSD unless the price for mainstream SSD drops to somewhere around $2/GB. Right now, $1000 for a 32GB hard drive is just too much If the price decreases at its current rate, which is about 40%-50% per year, I will be still using conventional HDD in the next 2-3 years. If I want a fast HDD to play games on my laptop, eSATA Expresscard + 7200rpm 3.5" eSATA HDD will be a much cheaper option.

 

you'll definitely need more than 32gb. Vista Home Premium by it self takes up 14GB of HD space, not exactly leaving much for anything else

 

Thanks for all the info.

I don't need it as much for speed as I would like it for durability. I take great care of my electronics, but knowing that I don't have to treat it like a newborn would ease a lot of stress, i.e. stick it in a bag and throw it in the backseat, etc.

Capacity is no problem for me. I can barely fill a 512MB mp3 player that I've had for 3 years and hope to stick with XP as long as I can.

But these statistics and prices ($1000 for 32GB?) are daunting.

I just wiki's Hybrid drives--those refer to the Robson chip on Santa Rosa platforms only right? Because I know some manufacturers (HP, Dell) don't use the TurboCache feature.

 

While they definitely will be gettin lower prices and increased capacities, they will definitely won't become the norm anytime soon.

Untill you can get a 100gb SSD for under 80 bux, they will be far from the norm. And considering that it costs up wards of $500 for a 32gb one (in bulk no less), I don't see many regular consumers buying them.

There was a thread sometime back giving the predicted statistics of quantity and percentage of SSDs in consumer laptops. Im sure you can search for it and get an idea of when they will be come around. IIRC, it was sometime around 2009-2010 when they will be in the majority of consumer laptops.

 

Do they connect the same way? Like notebooks that support hdd can support ssd?

 

It's the same connection be it SATA or PATA, but besides that the computer doesn't have to support SSD specifically.

 

You can buy a 32 gb SATA SSD on newegg for $800.00. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...&N=2000070000+1053122577+1053325335&name=32GB

 

Great article on Anand today

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3064

Actually, 32GB drives are selling for well under $500 if you look around on EBAY. However, there are some slower, and some faster, buyer beware. I would like to get a Sandisk 5000 model, it is pretty fast compared to say Samsung, who, God love them, was first in a big way to this market.

The Samsung's are currently unavailable unless you are DELL.

Dave

 

When you can get 128GB for under $500. Then I'll think about it.