Storage Costs Continue To Drop
By Jeremy D. Zawodny
Expert Author
Article Date: 2004-12-28
After reading the /. story about IBM trying to build a 100TB tape drive, I found myself over on Pricewatch.com ...
... (which lamely uses frames and makes it hard to bookmark the page I want you to see).
I like figuring out three things:
- Where's the current sweet spot in SATA drive prices?
250GB for $120
- How much does a Terabyte cost?
$480 buys you four 250GB disks
- How much space can $1000 buy?
2TB and you'd have money left over to pay for shipping on the order
That's freakin' amazing!
I just wish laptop sized hard disks didn't lag so far behind. This 80GB disk seems downright tiny in comparison to what I could buy in a 3.5 inch form factor.
About the Author:
Jeremy Zawodny is the author of the popular Jeremy Zawodny's blog. Jeremy is part of the Yahoo search team and frequently posts in the Yahoo! Search blog as well.
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