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SanDisk expects the current quarter's revenues to be about $1.3bn, 14 per cent less than a year ago, with the flash business supposed to be a growth area. The execs must have been horrified when they heard. At the end of the poorly performing previous quarter it expected $1.40bn to $1.45bn, still down on the $1.51bn earned a …

  1. jason 7

    I would say in the non enterprise...

    ...side most of us that want SSDs have now got them where we need them. Not to mention the old SATA side ain't cutting it anymore and that's not going to help a lot of us till next upgrade time.

    Now it's down to encouraging all the folks who are unaware their 5400rpm HDD in the laptop is holding them back.That's the mums and dads.

    Would also help if the OEMs started pushing SSD tech into laptops costing less than £750.

    1. Steve Davies 3 Silver badge

      Re: I would say in the non enterprise...

      2TB m-SATA drive for $200 would surely sell a load of kit.

      1. toughluck

        Re: I would say in the non enterprise...

        2 TB for 200 bucks? I'd take five in ordinary SATA form factor at SATA 3 Gbps read speeds, and I'm okay with writes at 100 MB/s.

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