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NAND on the way right up!! More expensive Flash and SSDs
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arknor said:
ok then..... scientists labeled it as a tsunami but i guess you are more qualified....
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I fail to see where it says "tsunami". Monsoon flooding in Thailand was not caused by a tsunami, I don't know where your facts come from.
One of the article also mentions that Thailand was supplying 25% of the world's hard drives, but not all factories were flooded and WD resumed production by the end of 2011.
One of the article also mentions that Thailand was supplying 25% of the world's hard drives, but not all factories were flooded and WD resumed production by the end of 2011.
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All of your theory's are correct about prices dropping however lets assume a case of "sods law" and that in this instance theory is just theory and practice is different.
You can tell yourself pricing will continue to drop etc however when production and supplies are cut prices will go up. That is effectively what has happened.
You can tell yourself pricing will continue to drop etc however when production and supplies are cut prices will go up. That is effectively what has happened.
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If you need to buy an SSD now, why wait, go and buy one. If you do not and are just hedging against future price rises, I would wait until you do need one and buy at the market. Buying just to stock reinforces the price and possibly maintains it high. You also lose liquidity.
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I can't take these threads seriously anymore. It's like the boy who cried Wolf. No disrespect meant towards the OP.
Well, looking at a couple of drives on a price tracking website for a competitor, there wasn't really any significant rise in prices last time you made a thread about how we should all buy SSDs right now before prices went through the roof - what makes this thread different?
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Just happy i got mine when i did.........Ahh but then again the misses could do with a new one Hmmmm...
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Just glad I picked up a couple of Vertex 2e 120GBs for £44 a time when I did.
Stonking deal.
Stonking deal.
Your right in that a broad statement about the market generally isn't really founded upon any solid fact unless you know of a problem affecting NAND yields. If its just a supply problem to OCUK then it is very responsible to let your customers know of the potential rise in prices. That's more than a lot of retailers would do and it's no skin off your nose if you try to warn people who don't listen.
That being said people aren't likely to panic buy just because SSD prices might go up for a few months
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There have a been a few instances of hardware going up in price. One that springs to mind is 2006 when DDR2 prices went through the roof, although I don't recall why that was. The other obvious and recent one is mechanical hard-drives which was an obvious supply issue.
It would be interesting to hear the justification/speculation as to why the prices would increase, and if so, for how long.
There has been quite a big shift in enthusiasts buying SSDs are their OS drive but when it comes to the bog-standard Purple shirt offerings you'll be lucky to find one inside. I don't think the demand is as massive as it could be, maybe once 512gb drives are cheap enough Dell etc. may start using them more.
It would be interesting to hear the justification/speculation as to why the prices would increase, and if so, for how long.
There has been quite a big shift in enthusiasts buying SSDs are their OS drive but when it comes to the bog-standard Purple shirt offerings you'll be lucky to find one inside. I don't think the demand is as massive as it could be, maybe once 512gb drives are cheap enough Dell etc. may start using them more.
The numpty brigade seem to be putting them into systems that can't optimise ssds and charge a huge premium on them. Agreed if cheap unreliable ssds flood the market, a certain high street retailer will start fillin their overpriced badly wired lappys with them