SSDs threaten hard drives

Solid slide disks (SSDs) are faster, cooler more durable quieter, and use less power i Man traditional hard drives. So what's not to like?
capacity and cost Current SSDs top out at around 128 GB, and they cost almost 10 times more per gigabyte than the hard drives that are in most people's PCs today
When demand is there and it is with SSDs - cost will come down. Expect SSDs to complete seriously for your attention in 2009, especially if you're looking for notebook
computer storage-, where capacity needs are often tower than for desktop PCs. A 64 GB SSD would provide all the storage that most notebook users need.
Sure, a traditional hard drive of the same capacity is a lot cheaper, but when it comes lo speed and having the peace of mind that your hard drive won't decide to die in the blink of an eye, a bit of extra cost is worthwhile many.
Today's major hard drive makers -Seagate, Hitachi, Western Digital, Sam sung aren't going lo like the shift to SSI )s because the companies well positioned to move in this market are chip makers, mil disk makers. But the Seagates of the world are starting to play now. as well, which should add yet more downward pressure to SSD prices.