(Bad News) Seagate: HDD production wont normalize till end of 2012

[guru_urug]

Seagate: HDD Production Won't Return to Normal For 1 Year

This sucks...I was hoping to get a new HDD by next Feb atleast. Well I guess theres no point in waiting anymore

 

[Jripper]

Gaaah >_< Catastrophic

 

[thetechfreak]

I think HDD's will be obsolete by then. SSD's are coming down on price quite fast. So I wont be surprised if HDD become obsolete.

 

[d6bmg]

Good bye Seagate.

I think HDD's will be obsolete by then. SSD's are coming down on price quite fast. So I wont be surprised if HDD become obsolete.

This is another concerning factor. But I don't think SSDs can ever replace HDDs.

 

[mitraark]

NOOOOOOO T_T

I was hoping to get a 2TB in July

Maybe i'll try to get one 2nd hand from a friend of mine.

 

[avinandan012]

Sad i was thinking of buying 1 TB

 

[fz8975]

one can opt for WD ....right ??

 

[Skyh3ck]

What I can say....

Thailand flood...
Bulldozer disaster.....
Product launch delays...
Harddisk price rise....

It is technical apocalypse.....

 

[d6bmg]

one can opt for WD ....right ??

No. They are facing 'exactly' same problem for 'exactly' same reason. (i.e. flood in Thailand)

 

[ranjitsd]

Wt abt other hdd company

 

[fz8975]

What I can say....

Thailand flood...
Bulldozer disaster.....
Product launch delays...
Harddisk price rise....

It is technical apocalypse.....

also you don't have a PC ...(No offence)

 

[coderunknown]

Wt abt other hdd company

samsung & hitachi are part of seagate & WD now. also due to shortage, they'll raise their price too.

 

[ranjitsd]

Good bye trinity and ivy just wait for haswell

 

[vizkid2005]

I think HDD's will be obsolete by then. SSD's are coming down on price quite fast. So I wont be surprised if HDD become obsolete.

I dont feel SSD is goin 2 replace HDD coz cost/bit of HDD is very less ... SSD is speed but not dat much capacity ....

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[Zangetsu]

this is really bad for us...
can't buy external HDD now

 

[MyGeekTips]

Thank God My Old 7200.12 320GB is working good.

 

[coderunknown]

this will affect laptop prices too.

 

[d6bmg]

^^ Yes, very much valid point. But from the present market prices, it seems that except for the price increase due to dollar-money value fluctuation, anything yet to change.
But in long run, yes, it will obviously affect laptop's prices.

 

[fz8975]

Today I went to sony service centre...two guys came to upgrade sony vaio's HDD....
They visited the service centre 2-3 weeks back
when they were told the price they got shocked due to huge increase of 1.5k(approx)..from last visit

Hope the prices come down ASAP..atleast for desktop HDDs

 

[d6bmg]

Hope the prices come down ASAP..atleast for desktop HDDs

All HDDs are made at the same place. So, when prices increase, both laptop & desktop HDDs price will increase. They are not independent.