I assume OcUK are included in that category?
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I assume OcUK are included in that category?
Soldato
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I bought a 750GB WD Scorpio Black last week for £80.44, the same site is now listing them for £92. Stock from all sites has also dried up over the same period.
Prices are still all over the place unfortunately.
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the revised shortfall is mow 25M
on the flipside and more damaging for sales are the buyers that have
a) spent the money on other stuff and made do with current storage options
b) invested in SSD's which are more reliable (em) and more plentiful
All these possible customers have disappeared completely (phut!!) and will never reappear.
on the flipside and more damaging for sales are the buyers that have
a) spent the money on other stuff and made do with current storage options
b) invested in SSD's which are more reliable (em) and more plentiful
All these possible customers have disappeared completely (phut!!) and will never reappear.
I'd say that's an exaggeration.
Making do only will only get you so far.
Some of those people will be looking for new HDD's at some point.
A lot of SSD users still need mechanical HDD's for bulk storage.
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If I've got 60 quid in my pocket right now and I spend it on other components and make do with the supply of smaller drives (SATA and IDE) instead of investing in a inflated, over priced 2TB drive (as they still are now) who benefits?
The HDD maker/reseller or someone else? Once I spend the money it's gone. I'm not coming back in the short term. Sure I'll need something in the future, and with 4TB drives coming online and the 3TB ones available in larger quantities ............ I'll spend then. Now ... nope
If you have a magic formula for making that same 60 quid reappear back in my pocket to give to the HDD salesman please pass it on and make the salesman happy by making it appear in his sales column as well.
A lot of new SSD users will be using pre-owned HDD's for storage. A look through these forums will tell you that many have OS installed on 1TB and larger drives (don't know why , but they do) already.
By all means pick a statement apart and ridicule it... it's lively debate after all ...
You sure your not a HDD salesman? ....lol
@ Essexraptor
Read what you posted:
To say that all these possible customers will never reappear is just wrong.
Ridicule: Subject to mockery and derision
I didn't mock or deride your post.
I just don't agree with your sweeping statement as I'm entitled to do, it's lively debate after all
Read what you posted:
To say that all these possible customers will never reappear is just wrong.
Ridicule: Subject to mockery and derision
I didn't mock or deride your post.
I just don't agree with your sweeping statement as I'm entitled to do, it's lively debate after all
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I think that dude works for a competitor that used to sell consumables out of the back of a vauxhall nova, pretty sure his old account on here got suspended (I may be completely incorrect though).
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@ Essexraptor
Read what you posted:
To say that all these possible customers will never reappear is just wrong.
Ridicule: Subject to mockery and derision
I didn't mock or deride your post.
I just don't agree with your sweeping statement as I'm entitled to do, it's lively debate after all
touche
the inclusion of the word "never" was a mistake in this statement
Lol, i just checked my order for a 1.5TB Seagate 7200rpm drive from OCUK on 1st March 2011..
£43.32 +VAT....
A 2TB drive today would cost me £125.
I only bring this up because im down to 90Gb on the 1.5Tb and will need a new drive soon.
How long can i make 90Gb last...
£43.32 +VAT....
A 2TB drive today would cost me £125.
I only bring this up because im down to 90Gb on the 1.5Tb and will need a new drive soon.
How long can i make 90Gb last...
I'd expect WD to have production up to full capacity by the summer at the latest, Seagate are currently producing 4TB drives with 4 platters and can produce 5 platter drives any time they want. I'd be surprised if we don't see an abundance of 4TB and 5TB drives this summer which will push the price of 2TB and 3TB drives down to lower levels than pre-flood.
Still not likely to happen until 2013, full capacity production & higher density drives won't instantly make up for the 60+ million drives that would have been made. HDD production was pretty much at full capacity pre-flood anyway to match demand.
And with more cloud based services the big players will certainly be helping maintain that demand.
And with more cloud based services the big players will certainly be helping maintain that demand.
because not only is labour cheap but so is space to build , transport costs , tax and pretty much everything comparer to doing in Europe. Yeah there are risks but in the long run its just so much cheaper that the risks are not much of a concern