I rarely make predictions but I’ve been making this one to myself for a few months now and I think an article about a 750GB hard drive for only $590 makes me feel safe enough to put this one to print. One terabyte hard drives will be commercially available to the public at a reasonable price by the end of 2006.
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Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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3 Replies to “Prediction”
If by “reasonable” you mean “no more than $800 internal, no more than $1000 external,” I think you’ve got a pretty safe prediction. (Since the end of 2006 is eight months away, giving enough time for WD and Seagate both to get in the market, I’d actually guess more like $500/$600, but I’m even more reluctant to make predictions than you are.)
I’d say your figures fall into my definition of reasonable. I’d realy like to see $500 for internal though. And, as you said, if we get come competition to happen, its very possible.
I'd say your figures fall into my definition of reasonable. I'd realy like to see $500 for internal though. And, as you said, if we get come competition to happen, its very possible.
If by “reasonable” you mean “no more than $800 internal, no more than $1000 external,” I think you’ve got a pretty safe prediction. (Since the end of 2006 is eight months away, giving enough time for WD and Seagate both to get in the market, I’d actually guess more like $500/$600, but I’m even more reluctant to make predictions than you are.)
I’d say your figures fall into my definition of reasonable. I’d realy like to see $500 for internal though. And, as you said, if we get come competition to happen, its very possible.
I'd say your figures fall into my definition of reasonable. I'd realy like to see $500 for internal though. And, as you said, if we get come competition to happen, its very possible.
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