WTF???

[bormann]

ok i was think, u no how like 8gb psp memsticks r like $100.
well why r the 80gb ipods only like 300 bucks?
i dont get it, either the 8gb cards should be like $10 or the 80gb ipods should be $10,000

can someone plz explain?

[FreeK]

idk but its just like the ipod touch and classic
8gb touch- $300- 1750 songs
160gb classic- $350- 40000 songs

[SYSTEM aka (Cyberpyrot)]

ok i was think, u no how like 8gb psp memsticks r like $100.
well why r the 80gb ipods only like 300 bucks?
i dont get it, either the 8gb cards should be like $10 or the 80gb ipods should be $10,000

can someone plz explain?

two diffrent technologies one solid state memory (very expensive) other is a harddrive with platters relativly in expensive.

[ccccpie]

ipods have hella more features and faster etc

[bormann]

hmm, well i think they should make 160gb memcards lol (only to be fare)
but i still dont get it

[Tec_]

thats like me saying a mini bike cost's $200 so its not fair that a Ferrari costs $300,000.00

lets use our heads hear. also memory prices drop by almost 1/2 every 3 or 4 mounts. remember when the 8 gig cards came out they were close to $300.00

[ra1n]

the size? cause thats a lot of gigs in something small like the psp mem card

[TheGrandPubaa]

Solid-state flash memory is newer and much more expensive than platter-based hard discs. Given enough time, flash memory will eventually surpass platter hard drives in manufacturing efficiency and price. To draw a recent parallel, compare DVDs to VHS tapes. VHS tapes have been manufactured since the early-to-mid 80's, and they're still available in most stores. DVDs, on the other hand, began production around 1997(around-about). In a nutshell, thanks to high manufacturing/high demand, the prices on DVDs dropped below that of VHS tapes much more quickly than it had taken VHS prices to drop. DVDs are now much cheaper to produce than VHS(no moving parts, less material, easier to assemble).

Well, that's a rough comparison in a nutshell.

[phenomenal]

Its SSD and in an ipod, its HDD

SSD is alot more expensive, it has no moving parts, basically its a flash drive, but HDD is like a disk, with a laser

[Slimby]

HDD has no lasers in it. At all. It uses magnetic fluctuations in the platter to read and store data.

Slimby

[phenomenal]

i knew that....

well its a disk, and it has moving parts

and ssd is the one in usb sticks and memory sticks, you can even tell by the size, the hdd from a ipod is enormous compared to the tiny 8gb, and more compacted the technology is, more expensive, for example, slimmer phones with the same specs cost more