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To: Paul Reuben who wrote (6878)	12/26/1997 11:16:00 PM
From: Gottfried	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9124

Paul, thanks for the link! Excerpt... >"In 1997, OEMs were paying on average about 8 cents a megabyte [for storage products]. In 1998, that should go to around 7 cents," said Porter. "In 1996, they paid 13 cents a megabyte." Typically, a drop in the manufacturer's purchase cost leads to a drop in consumer prices. < Actually I have seen many retails ads offering drives for 5 cents per MB. Porter (of DiskTrend) has predicted DDs for 2 cents/MB by 2000. Keep in mind that DD capacity will more than double by then. If the capacity increase is achieved by areal bit density increase (instead of adding heads and disks), then cost might stay comparable to today. Another source (don't recall which one)expects 2 drives per box to be sold by 2000: one built in and the other later as add-on or replacement. GM