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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an
external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for less than they sell any 6TB internal drive? |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:46:45 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy"
wrote: How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for less than they sell any 6TB internal drive? I don't know, but it's been true for quite a few years now, so I take advantage of the situation by buying an external drive when I need an internal drive. It usually only takes a few minutes to strip the drive out of its case. |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:09:46 -0500, Mark Perkins
wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:46:45 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for less than they sell any 6TB internal drive? Can you give specific examples? I'm sure there are some examples of the same drive being cheaper when buying in an external case, but many times: 1a. The drive is slower than you would normally buy for internal use. 1b. Since the actual drive model in the external drive isn't specified, the model can vary depending on what is available. 2. The warranty period is shorter. 3. Two drives are in the external case, so a given capacity can be achieved with cheaper disks. 4. If you are comparing retail packages, the retail package, my include cables, brackets, and cloning software that isn't in the (retail) external drive. 5. Maybe even, the external drive is being sold with a lower margin for some business reason. I don't know, but it's been true for quite a few years now, so I take advantage of the situation by buying an external drive when I need an internal drive. It usually only takes a few minutes to strip the drive out of its case. |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On 2015-09-10, Mark F wrote:
I'm sure there are some examples of the same drive being cheaper when buying in an external case, but many times: ... I've found a few instances where with an external drive, the drive itself had a USB interface instead of SATA. (Don't know how common that is but I have seen it.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:27:23 +0000 (UTC), Roger Blake
wrote: On 2015-09-10, Mark F wrote: I'm sure there are some examples of the same drive being cheaper when buying in an external case, but many times: ... I've found a few instances where with an external drive, the drive itself had a USB interface instead of SATA. (Don't know how common that is but I have seen it.) I've never heard of such a beast. If you run across an example, please post a link. Thanks. |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On 09/10/2015 03:05 PM, Mark F wrote:
On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 12:09:46 -0500, Mark Perkins wrote: On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 10:46:45 -0400, "Percival P. Cassidy" wrote: How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for less than they sell any 6TB internal drive? Can you give specific examples? 6TB external $199 ($179 with a coupon code): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822178681 Seagate's cheapest 6TB internal (bare) drive, which is what I am *guessing* is in the external box (or perhaps with a smaller cache) is $50/$70 mo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822178783 I'm sure there are some examples of the same drive being cheaper when buying in an external case, but many times: 1a. The drive is slower than you would normally buy for internal use. 1b. Since the actual drive model in the external drive isn't specified, the model can vary depending on what is available. 2. The warranty period is shorter. 3. Two drives are in the external case, so a given capacity can be achieved with cheaper disks. 4. If you are comparing retail packages, the retail package, my include cables, brackets, and cloning software that isn't in the (retail) external drive. 5. Maybe even, the external drive is being sold with a lower margin for some business reason. I don't know, but it's been true for quite a few years now, so I take advantage of the situation by buying an external drive when I need an internal drive. It usually only takes a few minutes to strip the drive out of its case. |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
"Mark Perkins" wrote in message ... On Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:27:23 +0000 (UTC), Roger Blake wrote: On 2015-09-10, Mark F wrote: I'm sure there are some examples of the same drive being cheaper when buying in an external case, but many times: ... I've found a few instances where with an external drive, the drive itself had a USB interface instead of SATA. (Don't know how common that is but I have seen it.) I've never heard of such a beast. There are some around. If you run across an example, please post a link. Thanks. |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
Percival P. Cassidy wrote
How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for less than they sell any 6TB internal drive? Because the external drive isn't just a single 6TB drive. |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On 09/10/2015 05:15 PM, Rod Speed wrote:
How come Seagate -- to name just one manufacturer -- can sell an external 6TB drive in a case with a USB 3.0 adapter and a cable for less than they sell any 6TB internal drive? Because the external drive isn't just a single 6TB drive. Hardly any different in size from my 2TB and 5TB ones. Don't think there's room for two drives in there. Perce |
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Why are external drives cheaper than internal?
On 2015-09-10, Mark Perkins wrote:
I've never heard of such a beast. If you run across an example, please post a link. Thanks. Wish I could remember the model but it was a couple of years ago. I do recall that it was a 2.5" model, a friend wanted to install it in an old laptop that had a failed drive. Opened up the case and - surprise! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Blake (Change "invalid" to "com" for email. Google Groups killfiled.) NSA sedition and treason -- http://www.DeathToNSAthugs.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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