For example, this 240GB OCZ ARC 100 is $70 ($0.292/GB) after promo code and mail-in rebate:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682022...
Or not counting mail-in rebates, this 480GB PNY CS111 is $152 ($0.317/GB):
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00TIJMEV2/
Found via PCPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/parts/internal-hard-drive/
It's more like insurance. You buy as much as you can afford. That's why it's painful to by a new MacBook Pro these days. 1TB is very expensive compared to the 1TB I could afford 5 years ago.
Somewhat OT, but I have to say something about that. With insurance you are almost always better off buying as little as you can afford. The more risk you can afford to take on yourself, the better a deal you get on your insurance. This is why a company like Hertz doesn't buy insurance at all for their fleet: they can spread the risk across all their cars, so they self-insure.
In fact, there are some cases where the "better" insurance is always a worse deal. I've seen this in several employer medical insurance plans where there are two or three different levels of PPO plans with varying deductibles and premiums.
The last couple of Blue Shield plans I looked at were like this. There would be two PPOs with the same doctor network and such, so you could simply compare on the numbers. The more expensive plan offered lower copays and deductibles, but unless you have a large number of prescriptions and doctor visits, you'd never make up the difference - with the more expensive plan you'd be paying more every month regardless.
And in any case, the number you really care about on medical insurance - which seemingly few people pay attention to - is the annual out of pocket max. That's your worst case scenario cost-wise. If you hit the out of pocket max, everything is covered after that.
In the plans I looked at, both the cheapest and most expensive plans had the same out of pocket max. So in almost every case, people who sign up for the more expensive plan are simply spending more money for the same coverage.
The fact that it can take two internal drives (both SSD) is awesome - so having dual 240GB drives allows for plenty of space.
I have a 1TB external that I glacerize my other stuff to.
Also, get a Flickr account which can host your 1TB of pics for free (money for nothin')... and you wont consume space on your local box with pics.
Just make sure you understand the privacy repercussions of hosting your data on Flickr.
No thanks. My photos live in four places, and two of them are owned by me.
https://help.yahoo.com/kb/flickr/safety-levels-flickr-sln110...
Safe - Content suitable for a global, public audience.
Moderate - If you're not sure whether your content is suitable for a global, public audience, but you don't think that it needs to be restricted.
Restricted - This is content you probably wouldn't show to your mother, and definitely shouldn't be seen by kids.
Guide - Bare breasts and bottoms are "moderate," but full frontal nudity is "restricted."
I should give it a test again though to see if it is better.