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Originally Posted by m-323  Just wondering how long everyone here thinks it will take for all the spinning disks in all the computers on the planet to become obsolete in lieu of solid state? |
Probably as long as it took VHS to go the way of DVD -- fifteen years or more, and VHS still isn't completely dead.
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Just think... less space, less heat, less energy use, no need for lasers to burn disks, faster transfer rates, no noise, no fans, no liquid cooling. In fact, maybe there will be no need for personal storage at all.
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Also, remember that solid-state storage also has a definite, finite lifespan -- unlike spinning disc hard drives, which have an estimated lifespan, but can theoretically run forever. I've got 10-year-old hard drives still in service that haven't shown a single symptom of failure. I don't think that solid-state drives are estimated to last 10 years.
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Maybe Everything gets stored centrally at Google and manipulated by us using Google's fibre optic lines that they have been buying up over the past years. Then Google will have control of everything. All the information changing hands, all the media, even full feature movies, all stored online with Google as the gate keeper. Sobering thought.  |
I'll go for this idea, sure... when the United States gets off their collective buttocks and brings us up to par with the rest of the technologically advanced portions of the world in terms of internet speed and price.