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Will Fastie writes "There are several important trend lines this year." Too, he has words of wisdom/advice for buying HDD and SDD.
My first hard drive (1985) was 40MB and cost, I think, $400.
Cheers, Chris
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So he used GB, I suppose, cause he also has SD & RAM in the chart, which kind of makes sense.
But in doing so, for the HDD/SSD you see .03 .04 .05 .06 & you (say to yourself) "oh, they're all about the same", when in reality they're not.
I track $/TB (for HDD/SSD).
As far as the lower capacity, 1 TB (HDD) drives, they can be priced higher (relative to larger capacity drives) cause they're the ones most likely to be OEM'd or picked up on a lark.
Someone will say, wow 1 TB, that's more then I'll ever need, & it's only $50.
Or, I could get a 4 TB, which I'd never use (all the space) for twice the price?
Meh, 1 TB is fine & less money too!
But in doing so, for the HDD/SSD you see .03 .04 .05 .06 & you (say to yourself) "oh, they're all about the same", when in reality they're not.
I track $/TB (for HDD/SSD).
As far as the lower capacity, 1 TB (HDD) drives, they can be priced higher (relative to larger capacity drives) cause they're the ones most likely to be OEM'd or picked up on a lark.
Someone will say, wow 1 TB, that's more then I'll ever need, & it's only $50.
Or, I could get a 4 TB, which I'd never use (all the space) for twice the price?
Meh, 1 TB is fine & less money too!
Re: Terabyte update 2023
Sidenote:
SSDs perform better when not filled to the rim. So it is worth buying those a bit "oversized"
SSDs perform better when not filled to the rim. So it is worth buying those a bit "oversized"
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Hello again therube. I agree with your analysis, and of course, to get to the source you can take it up with Will Fastie. Will is wrestling with the same kind of problem I am looking at now - indexing distinctly different types of "removable" media. In my study the interface is "user can remove media from a system", but then I have to define a "system" - in my case an HP15 laptop. not network.
Will is comparing spinning platters with SSD with RAM, the modern equivalent of comparing 80-column punched cards with spools of magnetic tape and disk cartridges.
That said, you could ask Will if he can provide a copy of his source data; I suspect he has a worksheet somewhere with much more data than he presents for general user consumption in the form of his published tables!
Thirty years ago Gord Campbell's advice for buying a new computer was "Buy the biggest hard drive that you can afford, and then strap a monitor and keyboard onto it", and when I was buying my first laser printer and showed him my analysis he remarked "You only need to examine the HP brand"!So it is worth buying those a bit "oversized"
Cheers, Chris
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ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:44 am Thirty years ago Gord Campbell's advice for buying a new computer was "Buy the biggest hard drive that you can afford, and then strap a monitor and keyboard onto it"
Are you sure you weren't the one giving that advice to him?ChrisGreaves wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 11:29 am My first hard drive (1985) was 40MB and cost, I think, $400.
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(40MB was an insane amount of storage in 1985 ...)
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NotNull, You are correct in winking, We bought the XT chassis in 1985, It was 1988/89 when I bought the 40MB drive. It might have been 20MB. My memory fades as .....
Cheers, Chris