From: nowhere@nevernet.at   
      
   On 25/10/2021 05:42, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
   > On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:40:09 +0200   
   > wolfgang kern  wrote:   
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   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> just recently I tried to buy a 2TB HD.   
   >> [we don't stock such old small].   
   >>   
   >   
   > "tried"   
   >   
   > Does that mean you failed to buy a 2TB HD? ...   
      
   Yes, three of my local [nearby] supplier stock only larger HDs but I   
   could order 2TB [no lesser size] and get them within a week or two.   
      
   > I'm sure that they're phasing out hard disks (HDs) but my local   
   > computer store has plenty in stock, including many 1TB HDs.  Obviously,   
   > shipping to Europe from the U.S. is probably cost prohibitive.   
   >   
   > My local computer store has 1TB HDs for $35.00 USD ($30,00 EUR) to   
   > $55.00 USD.  There are 11 different models of 1TB HDs in stock, a   
   > total of 100 drives for sale, by 3 manufacturers: Seagate, Toshiba,   
   > Western Digital.  1TB is the smallest available HD capacity.   
   >   
   > The store has 55 different HD models in stock, a total of 356 HDs for   
   > sale, by the same 3 manufacturers: Seagate, Toshiba, Western Digital.   
   > The most expensive HD available is $700.00 USD ($601,00 EUR) for a 16TB   
   > Toshiba 7200rpm SATA III 3.5" 6Gb/s, of which they have 2 drives in   
   > stock for sale.   
   >   
   > They have fewer than 10 of each in stock for most of the HDs.  Only 8   
   > HDs have more than 10 of each in stock.  Just 3 HDs have over 20 each   
   > in stock:   
   >   
   > 21  Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200rpm SATA III 3.5" 6Gb/s $35.00 USD   
   > 25+ Seagate BarraCuda 2TB 7200rpm SATA III 3.5" 6Gb/s $47.00 USD   
   > 25+ Seagate BarraCuda 8TB 5400rpm SATA III 3.5" 6Gb/s $170.00 USD   
   >   
   > Notice anything?   
      
   yes, price goes down with size and same speed with slower turning   
   which could be explained by more heads   
      
   > For comparison, my local computer store has 160 models in-store (182   
   > models online) of solid-state disks (SSDs) as small as 120GB SATA for   
   > $20.00 USD, as large and as expensive as $1,050.00 USD ($902,00 EUR)   
   > for an 8TB SSD NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0x4.  The largest SATA and USB capacity   
   > is 4TB.  I'm not summing up the total quantity of SSD drives in stock   
   > as there are too many ...  The SSDs are available for a variety of   
   > different interfaces: SATA 3.0, PCIe, Thunderbolt, and external USB.   
   > PCIe and USB are available for many generations of each interface.   
   > Their website allows you to select by interface, capacity, controller,   
   > form factor, rating, brand, internal or external, and price range.   
   >   
   > If you'd like to see what we can buy around here in person, in a real   
   > store, not online like via Amazon or Alibaba, this is their website:   
   >   
   > Micro Center   
   > https://www.microcenter.com/   
      
   thanks, seems none of the shops in my country stock many components,   
   you know, burned child experience with lost money due fast fallen price.   
   __   
   wolfgang   
      
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