Comment on Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond
Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just hope smaller sized drives become cheaper. The word “hope” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Comment on Western Digital details 14-platter 3.5-inch HAMR HDD designs with 140 TB and beyond
Shady_Shiroe@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I just hope smaller sized drives become cheaper. The word “hope” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Ten years from now…
Amazon search: “hard drive”
Result: 4TB $98
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think ten years from now you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone even wasting their time on something so small.
Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Kind of the point of my comment was that drive size/cost is stagnating despite the massive technical progress in the space. I bought my first 4TB drive in 2020 ($89). Going back to 2015, I was buying 2TB at the same price ($86). Here in 2026, what’s the ~same price? 4TB ($99). 8TB is $180.
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well this is not a tech issue at all, it’s the fact that global economics have become a dumpster fire - particularly, in America. I can’t say I’m certain there are no other factors, but economically everything has gotten out of hand.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
so you say, but people still collect “antique” hardware.
AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well, retro etc. but I wouldn’t consider this to be that. There’s no inherent value of a run-of-the-mill drive with merely lower storage capacity. And certainly not worth a premium.