Hmm. When I bought a pair of the 120G Seagate disks five months ago,
they were $249 each. Today I see Newegg.com has them for $209, and
160G disks are available for $327, which is at least $10 cheaper than the
first price for I saw for it.
Yes, laptop sales are going crazy, but more companies are in the
marketplace, so I don't see how this is much different from the mid 90's
when IDE price/capability changed every month. Probably the prices
and size won't change as dramatically as the larger 3.5" disks did, but
still, they're falling...
It will be indeed interesting to see when the 200G disk comes out!
--STeve Andre'
On Tuesday 28 March 2006 15:37, Ray Bayles wrote:
> Actually, just the opposite is being projected. Notebook/laptop drives
> have gone up 30 percent since last June. The higher speed, larger format
> drives are selling at an incredible rate, but so far they are not lasting
> nearly as long as the old 20 to 40 GB.
>
> Laptop sales have gone up dramatically, according to the Wall Street
> journal, and the failure rate of the drives is allowing them to project
> that there will be a real market battle based on Speed and size, not price.
> Samsung has also moved into the market. Samsung, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Western
> Digital, Seagate, and Hitachi are all projecting increases in sales and
> related income on laptop drive.
>
> The part that worries me is the shorter life of the fast and large drives,
> and the enormous prices they already command.
>
> Ray
>
> On 3/28/06, David Goldman <David@dgoldman.com> wrote:
> > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30600
> >
> > Aparently, Fujitsu has announced a 2.5" 200GB hard drive for release
> > in the third quarter of this year. Hopefully, this one is only the
> > first of many larger notebook HD options and a sign that smaller (?)
> > drives (80-100GB) are about to drop in price.
> >
> > --
> > David Goldman
>
> Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
>
> Cicero, 43 BC
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