Re: USB jump drive

[Robert L Cochran <cochranb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dave Jones wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 11:53:28PM -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote:
>
> > I'd like to get a 20 Gb flash drive for no more than USD $20.00 which works
> > out to 0.000976562 cents per megabyte. Now on 20 Gb, I can do some serious
> > stuff.
>
> I think it's safe to say that you'll be waiting quite a while
> for prices to reach *that* low.  20GB of regular memory is going
> to be silly prices for some time to come unless some technological
> breakthrough occurs, flash memory moreso.
>
> Even 1GB DIMMs are only just starting to get affordable.
> The most affordable 'large' USB key I've seen so far
> was 1GB for ~$59.
>
> 		Dave
>
>  
Well, 20 gb of flash memory is just a few components on a quite small 
PCB. The components shouldn't be expensive to mass produce, assemble, 
package and then ship -- especially compared to a 20 Gb, 3.5" hard drive.

You are still right, I'll have to wait till I see gray hair coming out 
of my chest before flash prices become reasonable. Hard drive prices 
have been high for years and I think there is at least some type of 
price fixing going on to keep those prices high.

Bob