Originally Posted by
Funkstar
Or, back to the engine analogy, just because the majority of unity end up being electric, doesn't mean there will never be a petrol/diesel motor made again. They still have their uses, and will continue for a very long time.
I know SSDs are getting cheaper and more spacious, but it will be a very long time until mechanical drives are completely replaced. There will always be a need for bulk storage accessible at reasonable rates (if it can saturate a gigabit network, it's "fast enough" for a lot of things).