And then there were three ... hard drive manufacturers

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On 03/06/2012 7:59 PM, Ant wrote:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/tommywilhelm...ed-up-the-indu
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From around a dozen two decades ago, to just 3 now. Is it any wonder
why the prices of hard drives aren't falling anymore? It's got nothing
to do with floods in Thailand, those happened nearly 2 years ago.

The price competition has stopped, and now you'll see that the capacity
competition has stagnated too. I previously thought that SSD's will
catch upto hard drives in about 10 years, I now think it'll be in about
5 years, possibly as fast as 3 years from now!

This is turning into a buggy-whip industry. The last companies still
producing horse buggy whips, just as cars are taking over the world.

Yousuf Khan

Yousuf Khan wrote
Ant wrote

http://www.buzzfeed.com/tommywilhelm...ed-up-the-indu
from http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/and...ere-three.html ...

From around a dozen two decades ago, to just 3 now. Is it any wonder why
the prices of hard drives aren't falling anymore?

They are, actually.

It's got nothing to do with floods in Thailand,

Wrong, as always.

those happened nearly 2 years ago.

Doesn't mean that those factorys are churning out
drives at the same rate they did before the floods tho.

The price competition has stopped,

Wrong, as always.

and now you'll see that the capacity competition has stagnated too.

Wrong, as always.

I previously thought that SSD's will catch upto hard drives in about 10
years, I now think it'll be in about 5 years, possibly as fast as 3 years
from now!

Not a chance, you watch.

You're completely off with the ****ing fairys, as always.

This is turning into a buggy-whip industry.

You're completely off with the ****ing fairys, as always.

The last companies still producing horse buggy whips, just as cars are
taking over the world.

You're completely off with the ****ing fairys, as always.

4783l wrote:

Yousuf Khan wrote:

From around a dozen two decades ago, to just 3 now. Is it any wonder why
the prices of hard drives aren't falling anymore?

They are, actually.

Please explain what you mean.

One year ago, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 60-70 euros.
Today, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 100-110 euros, and
these prices have been stable for 3 months.

Noob wrote
4783l wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote

From around a dozen two decades ago, to just 3 now. Is it
any wonder why the prices of hard drives aren't falling anymore?

They are, actually.

Please explain what you mean.

I meant what I said, the prices have dropped since the floods.

One year ago, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 60-70 euros.
Today, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 100-110 euros, and
these prices have been stable for 3 months.

That's just because the euro has gone down the pan in the last 3 months.

When priced in USD, the best prices for 2TB and 3TB
drives have dropped substantially in the last 6 months.

In article , "Rod Speed" wrote:
Noob wrote
4783l wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote

From around a dozen two decades ago, to just 3 now. Is it
any wonder why the prices of hard drives aren't falling anymore?

They are, actually.

Please explain what you mean.

I meant what I said, the prices have dropped since the floods.

One year ago, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 60-70 euros.
Today, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 100-110 euros, and
these prices have been stable for 3 months.

That's just because the euro has gone down the pan in the last 3 months.

When priced in USD, the best prices for 2TB and 3TB
drives have dropped substantially in the last 6 months.
Agreed, i can now get 2TB WD drives again around the $80 stateside now and 3TB
for around $129

GMAN wrote
Rod Speed wrote
Noob wrote
4783l wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote

From around a dozen two decades ago, to just 3 now. Is it
any wonder why the prices of hard drives aren't falling anymore?

They are, actually.

Please explain what you mean.

I meant what I said, the prices have dropped since the floods.

One year ago, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 60-70 euros.
Today, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 100-110 euros, and
these prices have been stable for 3 months.

That's just because the euro has gone down the pan in the last 3 months.

When priced in USD, the best prices for 2TB and 3TB
drives have dropped substantially in the last 6 months.

Agreed, i can now get 2TB WD drives again around
the $80 stateside now and 3TB for around $129

We've actually seen some crossover on $/GB with those drives in some markets
too.

GMAN wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:

Noob wrote:

One year ago, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 60-70 euros.
Today, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 100-110 euros, and
these prices have been stable for 3 months.

That's just because the euro has gone down the pan in the last 3 months.

When priced in USD, the best prices for 2TB and 3TB
drives have dropped substantially in the last 6 months.

It's true that HDD prices have indeed come down from their local max
in Q4 2011. However, they are still higher than pre-flood.

In the summer 2011, the EUR oscillated between 1.39 and 1.48 USD.
Thus 60 EUR = 83-89 USD.

Today, the EUR hovers around 1.25 USD.
Thus 100-110 EUR = 125-137 USD.

In the euro zone, cheap 2-TB disks are still 50% more expensive now
than they were in the summer 2011, considering prices in USD.
(75% more expensive considering prices in EUR).

Agreed, i can now get 2TB WD drives again around the $80 stateside now and 3TB
for around $129

Really?! The cheapest 2-TB internal drives from Newegg cost 120 USD.
Do you have a link to 80 USD for 2-TB?

"Noob" wrote in message ...
GMAN wrote:

Rod Speed wrote:

Noob wrote:

One year ago, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 60-70 euros.
Today, the typical 2-TB 5400-RPM HDD cost 100-110 euros, and
these prices have been stable for 3 months.

That's just because the euro has gone down the pan in the last 3 months.

When priced in USD, the best prices for 2TB and 3TB
drives have dropped substantially in the last 6 months.

It's true that HDD prices have indeed come down from their local max
in Q4 2011. However, they are still higher than pre-flood.

In the summer 2011, the EUR oscillated between 1.39 and 1.48 USD.
Thus 60 EUR = 83-89 USD.

Today, the EUR hovers around 1.25 USD.
Thus 100-110 EUR = 125-137 USD.

In the euro zone, cheap 2-TB disks are still 50% more expensive now
than they were in the summer 2011, considering prices in USD.
(75% more expensive considering prices in EUR).

Agreed, i can now get 2TB WD drives again around the $80 stateside now
and 3TB
for around $129

Really?! The cheapest 2-TB internal drives from Newegg cost 120 USD.
Do you have a link to 80 USD for 2-TB?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&t...=643&bih =362

On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:07:25 +1000 "Rod Speed"
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"Noob" wrote in message ...

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Really?! The cheapest 2-TB internal drives from Newegg cost 120 USD.
Do you have a link to 80 USD for 2-TB?

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&t...=643&bih =362

Nope. Try again.