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 Posted: Thu, 28th Jun 2012 18:55 Post subject: expensive harddrives :( |
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for the past 6 months external HDs 2TB usb3 are around 130 euros, with no end in sight....
was 85 euros in november , i guess the articles are true that they wont get cheaper in the next 6 months since basicly 2 manufactures control the whole HD market.
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Przepraszam
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jun 2012 20:01 Post subject: |
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did those companies recover from the floods in thailand yet?
i read that they won't go into full production until late this year, i dont think we will see price change until 1st or 2nd quarter of 2013
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Slizza
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jun 2012 20:46 Post subject: |
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Production is back to normal. They are not looking to return to lower prices and are just enjoying more profit now.
Funding HDD advancement was used as their reason for keeping prices high.
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jun 2012 21:15 Post subject: |
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Give them a year to make some profit, then the prices willl drop. I never witnessed a case of "base resource and/or production cheaper = product cheaper" scenario.
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| Posted: Thu, 28th Jun 2012 21:25 Post subject: |
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hdd prices aren't that high anymore, 6 moths ago they were like 2-3 times higher.
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[mrt]
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| Posted: Fri, 29th Jun 2012 11:59 Post subject: |
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| [mrt] wrote: | | Still high though. A good 100EUR for a decent 1TB 7200rpm disk. |
I think that's because 1TB is now considered small and outdated. You can get 3TB for like 140 euros. That's 3 times the space for only 40EUR more than 1TB. It's all about price/gb, and 1TB wasn't a good buy even before the flood.
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| Posted: Sat, 30th Jun 2012 22:25 Post subject: |
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i think USb3 speeds are not worth the hassle right now for 426PLN you get a 500GB USB3.0 thats 100EUR ....the crazy thing is for 542PLN you can get a Western Digital External USB2.0 7200rpm 2,5 TB and thats 128EUR... so for 28 euro more get 2tb more
the sad thing is only in 2011 before the flood this 2,5tb was only 400PLN .. fuck
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| Posted: Sat, 30th Jun 2012 22:33 Post subject: |
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Well, you guys just get fucked. I forgot what the prices were before the floods, but I just ordered a Seagate 2TB in USB 3.0 external and it only cost $120. As far as I recall, that price is on par with what external 1TB drives were before the flood.
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| Posted: Sat, 30th Jun 2012 23:46 Post subject: |
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| Mchart wrote: | | Well, you guys just get fucked. I forgot what the prices were before the floods, but I just ordered a Seagate 2TB in USB 3.0 external and it only cost $120. As far as I recall, that price is on par with what external 1TB drives were before the flood. |
aye Europe got hit pretty badly .... then US from cheap food to electronics  |
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| Posted: Sun, 1st Jul 2012 17:29 Post subject: |
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Those dropping SSD prices should do something to the HDD prices as well. If they continue to drop like they are at the moment, in another year or two they might even compete with HDDs.
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