[snip]It's frustrating, isn't it? There are a bunch of reasons why those drives are cheaper. For one thing, they are produced in much higher volumes than fast laptop drives. Also, the technology is hardly new, and 7200rpm drives are becoming pretty standard these days. So R&D costs are minimal.
but I can't understand why a firewire or USB external 40gb HD, that comes in a cool case, runs at 7200rpm, comes with free software and cute accessories, etc, etc, is $20-30 less than:
an internal HD for powerbooks that is 10gb lighter, (20 or 30 gb) has no bracket, just the HD itself, runs at 5400 rpm? could it be that they sell more external hard drives? [snip]
Fast laptop hard drives require significant engineering expertise - getting high capacities and fast throughput into an energy efficient, small form factor drive is something that comes with high costs. 5400rpm drives are rare, even for the rather lean laptop market. That all means that to turn a profit (keep in mind, too, that laptop component profit margins are traditionally higher than desktop components'), component manufacturers have to price their products yet higher.
Annoying, but pretty straightforward economics.
[snip]Decisions, decisions. I should just spend on impulse. Less stressful that way.
Yet, it seems I'm doing it again on this Hard drive purchase......
Well, it never hurts to be educated about your purchases. If I were more educated about half the things I buy, I probably would have saved myself several thousand dollars over the last 10 years.
Peace, Drew
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