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Re:Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented s... by marshray on Thursday May 07, 2026 @01:39PM (#48052329)
I just looked at some low-end NAS-oriented HDDs. The cost $/TB is 2x similar ones I bought 5 years ago.

That has never before happened in the history of computing, and it violates long-held, fundamental assumptions.

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Re:Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented s... by abanana on Thursday May 07, 2026 @02:41PM (#48053139)
It happened in 2011 when massive flooding in Thailand stopped a huge chunk of global production. Hard drive prices pretty much doubled overnight.
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Re:Motherboard sales are now collapsing amid unprecedented s... by marshray on Thursday May 07, 2026 @02:50PM (#48053246)
No, storage prices were still much lower 5 years later.
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