SSD question — #4

Post #4 by Anonymous Freak

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	PowerPC
Post Date	Tue, 15 Dec 2009 - 01:41
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/ssd-question.19279/

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1. What do you suppose are the chances of the prices coming down in the next year or thereabouts, so to make an SSD an affordable proposition for upgrading something like a G4 PowerBook?

Very very good! (At least to all but the last two words, see below.)

2. Given the rate of change (in this case, to SATA) in the computer industry, what do you suppose are the chances of PATA SSD drives even being available by the time the prices do come down?

Not so good. PATA drives are going by the wayside VERY quickly, and essentially all current development is toward SATA. If the SSD revolution had happened just one year earlier, PATA likely still would have been a major player. But not so much any more.

You can look out for people selling first-generation MacBook Air SSDs, though.