"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
01/26/2016 at 23:20 • Filed to: None
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
01/26/2016 at 23:20 • Filed to: None | 1
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The most expensive Surface Pro you can buy with a 1TB SSD (presumably) HD costs about $3200 MSRP. Now granted, that’s a lot of money, but that’s 1TB storage with an actual functioning tablet/laptop wrapped around it.
Or you can get a 1TB ScanDisk SSD HD for... !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Basically the price of a decent used Hyundai. I also saw a Lenovo 1.6TB SSD HD on sale for $32,000 - for just a few grand more you can get a Focus RS.
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Yeah, who needs an ultra high-performance luxury car when you can have computer storage space!
Nibby
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/26/2016 at 23:24 |
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That’s a workstation class SSD, the $14k one. Besides it won’t even fit in a laptop.
You can buy 1TB SSDs for as little as $250.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…
tromoly
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/26/2016 at 23:28 |
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Not a straight comparison, the PCI-E SSDs are known to be absurdly expensive and are used in solver/server applications far removed from the consumer market. A Samsung Mini-SATA 1TB is $310 on Newegg, while a Samsung 2.5" 1TB drive is $330 on Newegg.
Using actual consumer-level components kinda kills your example, sorry to burst your bubble.
Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
> Nibby
01/26/2016 at 23:32 |
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Granted, I didn’t click the link, but “workstation SSD” just seems to me like it would be a RAID 10 or RAID 01 array of SSDs. $1000 worth of Samsung 850 PRO SSDs with a dedicated controller card in a fancy box = multiple terabytes of mirrored data that is also striped and thus faster than any single SSD could be. Use two PCI-E X16 slots in a parallel configuration so that they aren’t bottlenecking the system and you have storage that is hilariously fast and durable.
...I wish I was rich.
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Nibby
> Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
01/26/2016 at 23:34 |
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let’s rob a bank
Lossy
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/26/2016 at 23:48 |
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I dislike these comparisons due to work. This lifesaving medical device part cost x? That is more than a Tesla/Corvette. Etc. Not the same I know, but work dejavu.
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Lossy
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/26/2016 at 23:50 |
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I get this at work a lot. Oh, this medical repair part costs more than my car! I could have a Tesla for that price. Yes, but a Tesla doesn’t assist in medical diagnosis. Yet.
AM3R shamefully returns
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
01/27/2016 at 02:10 |
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Wow, after reading this I spent some more time looking similar things up.. The money is crazy. My brother is an engineering major and I sent him a link to this and he’s like “this is news to you?” I guess I'm just a plebe haha.