Assassinator Wrote:18 Months? i seriously doubt that.

Think of how long it took for BluRay to come out... A lot of testing and stuff will be required, and that will take time.

I presume it's an optimistic estimate of when production may start :P
Probably won't see it on the shelves till some months later.  And probably won't be affordable until about a year after that.

Of course, I'm being optimistic.

|-Anubis-| Wrote:But I highly doubt it'll happen considering how complex it sounds. Not to mention there will be a need to update operating systems.

Will there?  I would imagine it shouldn't be too difficult for it to be handled like a normal USB flash memory device.

Assassinator Wrote:

|-Anubis-| Wrote:I know CDs can have a shelf life of a century or two but I can't go a whole year without scratching up my CDs.

CDs shelf life isn't that good. They deteriorate over time. Won't last even close to a century.

Apparently, some brands (maybe Verbatim?) make these claims.  A century?  Doubt it, but should last for quite some time.

Although magnetic storage is cheaper, it would be nice to see smaller capacity solid state HDDs for WAY faster speed.  In fact, I believe if the 32GB flash thingies could install a copy of XP along with quite a few apps.