User:LadyGeek

My Background
I have absolutely no experience in investing or finance whatsoever except from what I read on this site, some internet research, and talking to friends. However, I do own the Bogleheads' Guide to Investing and The Four Pillars of Investing.

What is my area of expertise? Engineering (electronics). If you have questions on home theater, radio and TV, or computers, just ask.

OK, I have a question. Do you think hard drives in PCs will soon be replaced by flash memory? If not, why not? If so, when? Sewall 13:44, 2 February 2009 (UTC)


 * The question is, at what price? A few years ago, I would have said that the technology wasn't there. Flash memory had much longer access times and just wasn't designed for the high amount of read/write cycles as a hard drive. Fast forward to today, and you can now buy Solid State Drives (Solid State Disks) online at places such as Newegg or Amazon. Here's the Wikipedia reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state_drive The cost/MB breakpoint in terms of SSD vs. Hard drive is still well in favor of the Hard drive. LadyGeek 04:04, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Why?
Why am I contributing to the Wiki? As the saying goes, "The best way to learn a topic is to try to teach it".

Contributing allows me to help others while learning more about investing. I'll flag material for review if needed.