Hard drives were the primary way of storing data for both portable and desktop PCs since their creation. As SSDs fell in price, the benefits of flash made hard drives irrelevant in mobile computing. Tower PCs however can still leverage hard drives for bulk storage. 3.5″ HDDs will soldier on, but the days of small form factor 2.5″ hard drives are coming to an end.
Storage devices are more abundant than ever, a number that will continue to increase …