SSD Prices Continue 3-Year Plunge 347
Lucas123 writes "After dropping 20% in the second quarter of 2012 alone, SSD prices fell another 10% in the second half of the year. The better deals for SSDs are now around 80- to 90-cents-per-gigabyte of capacity, though some sale prices have been even lower, according IHS and other research firms. For some models, the prices have dropped 300% over the past three years. At the same time, hard disk drive prices have remained "inflated" — about 47% higher than they were prior to the 2011 Thai floods, according to DRAMeXchange."
Re:300% drop? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Can't wait (Score:5, Funny)
I've never had an SSD, and had a very bad experience with a first gen one
So what was the bad experience you had with a first gen SSD besides not having one?
Re:UK HDs seem to be down to 2011 prices (Score:3, Funny)
I read that as "tranny" and it was much funnier.
Re:UK HDs seem to be down to 2011 prices (Score:5, Funny)
LOL. Works both ways, I suppose.
That's what (s)he said!
Re:mSATA SSDs (Score:5, Funny)
Too bad Moses spent so much time trying to save squirrels and zebras that he couldn't be bothered to save some of that tech.
Re:Here's another WTF (Score:5, Funny)
Assuming it's proper English to someone, I'd assume the logic goes like this.
The price was $12, now it's $3. The price dropped by 300%. That is, 300% of the final price has been subtracted from the first price. It's complete nonsense, and completely backwards really.
Re:WTF?!?!?! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:You'll be waiting a long time (Score:5, Funny)
Turtles.
FET = Flying Electric Turtles.
That's why SSDs are so expensive still, they have to breed nano-scale turtles that are almost impossible to corral because they either fly over the tiny fence or conduct along it.