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quiq · 11-24-2006, 09:41 PM

Specifically, external ones? Right now they are all well over $500

Is there a usual time cycle HD manufacturers use before they churn out higher and higher capacities? Is 1 Terabyte pushing the limits of technology right now and we wont see leaps and bounds of 2TB and 4TB any time soon?

When do you predict the 1TB's will fall to the $200 range, or how about the 500gb drives to fall into the low $100 range?

11-24-2006, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
quiq Junior Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 95	Forecasting price drops: When will 1TB hard drives become "mainstream affordable"? Specifically, external ones? Right now they are all well over $500 Is there a usual time cycle HD manufacturers use before they churn out higher and higher capacities? Is 1 Terabyte pushing the limits of technology right now and we wont see leaps and bounds of 2TB and 4TB any time soon? When do you predict the 1TB's will fall to the $200 range, or how about the 500gb drives to fall into the low $100 range?