Seagate introduced their newest Hybrid hard drive this morning. Here is a list of all of the reviews published so you can get a good look at its performance.
Seagate Momentus XT ST750LX003 Hybrid 750GB @OCC
Seagate's Momentus XT 750GB @ Techreport
Seagate Momentus XT 750GB Hybrid Drive Review @ Legit Reviews
Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid @ Benchmark Reviews
You can also read the full press release in the link below!
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chadkirchner wrote: You're both wrong! Wrong I say!
Actually, you both are kinda wrong. With hard drive prices going through the roof, SSDs are going to be a more viable option in the higher end computing market. The last people that will be won over are the people who want a 1TB drive in their $399 Black Friday Staples computer.
With everything moving to the cloud and the availability of high speed internet access I actually find myself using less and less hard drive space every day. This time next year, SSDs will be the norm in almost every laptop, mark my words. Hybrid drives appeal to the mid-range computers or for people who demand more space than they'll ever need. But what I will be really interested to see is how this shortage will affect cheap computer prices.
We received signage in our store today to mark that we are out of hard drives due to the flooding in Thailand. I have a feeling this shortage will be the end of spinning drives as we know them.
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garfi3ld wrote: If noone had digital cameras I would agree with you
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garfi3ld wrote: My original point really wasn't about how much space people actually use. Its more that people when shopping for a PC are a lot less likely to pay more for the PC with considerably less hard drive space.
Even with hard drive prices doubling and tripling they are still considerably cheaper per Gb than SSD's. Right now a 250 gig SSD on newegg would run you $269, right now also on newegg to get a 3tb hard drive its going to run you between $249 and $259. Even the largest hard drive available is still cheaper than that SSD.
I'm not saying that SSD adoption won't go up over the next 6 months to a year. I just don't think that its going to kill the hard drive. The "average" consumer isn't even asking for advice on their PC. I've seen them picking them up at walmart and other big box stores every day. They look for some of the cheapest PC's and then make sure that is has more Core, RAM, and HD space than their last PC. SSD's, although dropping in price are still a long way away from being common place in those cheap PC's.
I would expect to see a lot more SSD's being used in thin and portable laptops and high end PC's.
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