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According to this pricing, 1, 1.5, and 2 Tb drives are all within $5 of each other - $140, $139.50, and $144 respectively.
by aneth 15y ago
According to this pricing, 1, 1.5, and 2 Tb drives are all within $5 of each other - $140, $139.50, and $144 respectively.
- ohashi 15y agoYeah I noticed that too, which makes me think, why would I ever buy the 1TB drive when 1.5 is CHEAPER? And $4.50 more for another 500GB? Probably taking that deal.
- lukeschlather 15y agoHigher bit density from the same manufacturer at a similar price suggests a less reliable drive.
- jodrellblank 15y agoOr that the smaller one is older and you're paying a price for that niche effect. (e.g. at the very low end, you can't get a 20Gb disk for $0.99, what you typically get (not right now though) is a large range of sizes, say 160Gb to 1TB, all within a few dollars). 1TB drives were first announced in Jan 2007, nearly 5 years ago, is that long enough to push them out of the main manufacturing effort?
- ComputerGuru 15y agoand faster seek.