Saw that sign Friday when I went to pick up a GTX460 to replace my suspected failing 5770. They still had a lot of drives in stock, so they must be preparing for an extended duration shortage. I'm glad I bulked up on storage earlier in the year - sitting around 60T now.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 8:36 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Ready for a shortage of hard drives? > > Yep. Our local microcenter has up signs 'limit 2' I asked 'of a kind' 'no, total' > > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:58:36 > To: <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [H] Ready for a shortage of hard drives? > > It's too late...HD prices are through the roof! > > http://allthingsd.com/20111021/ready-for-a-shortage-of-hard- > drives/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews > > snipage: > > If you need to buy a hard drive or two, now might be a good time, > because there's probably going to be a shortage soon. The floods in > Thailand are disrupting the operations of both of the world's leading > suppliers of hard drives, Seagate Technology and Western Digital.
