On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 02:05:09PM +0100, Magic wrote:
>
> From: Keith Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 10:30 AM
> Subject: RE:MD: Sony Dropping MD
>
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> >
> > Hey I'd think about dropping MD if the cost of solid state media dropped
> to
> > below 2UKP per hundred meg instead of circa 60UKP for 50mb.
> >
>
> Check again. The "Memory Price Rocket" as I decided to call it means that
> 64Mb of RAM now costs a whopping £150!!!!! So much for memory prices falling
> rapidly - it's going to take quite a few months for the industry to recover
> back to the way it was only last month, I would say it will be well into
> 2005 at least before solid state storage becomes a viable alternative.
This reminds me of the persistent RAM (CCD, bubble, flash, etc.) vs. Disk
technology wars in the computer industry. Since 1978 (at least) there
have been the constant predictions that disk drives would be made
obsolete due to some new RAM technology. Well, for the last 20 years
that I've been watching its not happened yet. I believe you'll find
that price has always been the major factor.
I am beginning to doubt that it will ever happen in the computer
industry with disk drives (IBM recently announced a 72GB disk!). The
audio industry may go the same way.
Bob
--
Bob Willcox Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good.
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Austin, TX happen. -- Watchman Examiner
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