AGP disappeared because it was replaced (by PCIe).I personally don't think they have a future. IMO they will go the way of AGP.
Not true. Even the second gen SSDs could saturate the SATA 300 interface. Whilst the SATA 600 drives have stagnated around the 550MBs mark, mechanical hard drives don't even saturate SATA 300.Because the technology really hasn't went anywhere.
But they're also nowhere near the prices they used to be. The £1/Gb was the stalling point for many, and the majority have been below that for at least 6 months.Prices are still crazy high.
No one is saying that the mechanical hard drives don't have life left in them.The Hard drive honestly is here to stay
The only people that would knowingly switch are those that know about computers. Even if not in their main rig, many of these have SSDs in laptops to reduce boot speed and boost battery life, or are waiting for them to hit their entry price point.and I don't think many will switch to SSD or it will gain mass popularity.
Those that buy of the shelf machines are, so to speak, going to get what they pay for. A £350 laptop from HP or Lenovo will have a mechanical HDD, but pretty much all Ultrabooks have an SSD of some capacity.
To be honest, your missing the point of SSDs. Though large capacities (>256GB) are available, desktop SSDs are not aimed at mass storage - they're intended to speed up boot and reduce program launch times. The larger capacities are niche products that are aimed at enterprise and mostly only appeal to hard core gamers...For the price of a 128GB SSD you can get 2 terabytes on a HDD.
OK, SSDs are not for everyone, but - just like sports cars - they do have a place in the market.