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To: CPAMarty who wrote (5704)	2/27/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: Henry W Singor	Read Replies (1) of 9256

Drive Prices. Comparing drive prices between Oct 98 and now at one large distributer I found the following. On Oct 8 98 they advertised the Seagate ST34321A 4.3GB drive for $135. The same drive today sells for $135. In both cases this was the cheapest 4.3GB drive available. The others are a little tricky to compare since older models have been replaced with newer higher capacity per platter drives. In Oct 98 a 4.3GB drive required 2 platters and 3 heads it sold for $135. Now with 2 platters and 3 heads a drive holds 6.4GB and sells for $149. So the price has actually gone up. A 2 platter 4 head drive held 6.4GB and sold for $167 and up. Now a 2 platter 4 head drive holds 8.4GB and sells for $167 and up. EVEN. In addition the 6.4GB drive that sold for $167 in October was a Seagate ST36531A. That same drive sells for $155 now. A 7% reduction over 4 months. Note that these companies are used to price declines of 10-15% every 3 months so in a relative sense these prices are actually going up. (Since Seagate is now shipping a replacement drive for the 36531A that has the same capacity with fewer heads and therefore costs less to produce.) There isn't a lot of point in continuing since the majority of drives that ship will be the 3 head 6.4GB drives, (I learned that from the RDRT thread). For the small price difference I think I would go for the 8.4 but in a $999 machine I would suspect that the $18 difference would go into the PC manufacturers pocket and mean the difference between making a few dollars and losing a few dollars. dirtcheapdrives.com henry

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