The
death of Hard Disk-based notebooks in favour of Solid State Drives has been
greatly exaggerated, according to analyst group IHS iSuppli.
The
research group’s main argument about the lack of market dominance by SSD
devices? Price. On average, the price of a notebook with 500 GB HDD is between
$450 and $550 while an SSD based device with far less storage capacity — such as
the MacBook Air with a 64 GB storage — comes in at the $999 price point.
IHS
said that in the first quarter of 2012, notebooks with SDD storage and high-end
hybrid HDD devices had only three percent of the market share. Below is a chart
that outlines market share based on storage medium and capacity.
“The
market-share rankings show that SSD-based notebook PCs like Apple Inc.’s
MacBook Air presently pose no threat to the much larger universe of HDD-based
mobile PCs,” explained Fang Zhang, IHS’ resident storage analyst, in a
statement. “SSD-equipped notebooks are faster, more lightweight and sport a
thinner profile—some of the characteristics that make them popular and
desirable to consumers—but they are also more expensive and feature less
overall storage space. The price of a MacBook Air with just a 64GB solid state
drive can reach $999, while an HDD-based notebook PC at that price can boast
significantly larger storage space.”
To
summarize IHS’ findings, until the price premium on SSDs are reduced, and the
drives offer comparable storage to hard disks, domination by the mechanical
drive isn’t going to end any time soon.
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