said by 47717768:How long do you think it will take for prices to drop on SSDs?
I'd have to say that there is no question that SSDs are dropping in price. New models based on new controllers are usually introduced to the market at an elevated price point for the given capacity but that usually settles within due time.
My first 64GB SSD had a retail price of about ~$150 or so. Such a capacity SSD could probably be found for less then half that price today.
The last SSD I purchased was a Samsung 840 500GB model which I purchased for about ~$330 (came with a free game FarCry 3 if I recall correctly) but I have seen the same model for as low as ~$279 shortly after.
The next SSD I purchase I would like to be a 1TB model and I have seen them as low as ~$599. Such an SSD used to cost a minimum of about ~$1500 USD and even then it would be some odd internal RAID configuration likely due to controller limitations.
There is no question that these things are getting more affordable as time goes on.