Appled to oranges. In 2010, you overpaid by more than 100%: http://slickdeals.net/expired/2495085-79-99-seagate-barracud...
Apples to oranges. Can't compare the seagate junk to a quality WD or Hitachi that's far more likely to still be spinning _today._
Re:SSD Prices in a Free Fall
by artmageddon on Monday June 22, 2015 @02:49PM
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The prices may not be falling at the same rate as they were before the floods, though.
Re:SSD Prices in a Free Fall
by theandrewbailey on Monday June 22, 2015 @04:22PM
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That's likely the case, since a lot of industry consolidation has happened since (5 to 3).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Diagram_of_Hard_Disk_Driv...
They have. I remember buying 2TB drives a year before (2010). I paid about $200 each. Last year (2014), I bought 4TB drives for $130 each. That's about 3x improvement over 4 years, right?