Post 9slrfzTZmraWNZfINU by rizele@blob.cat
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 (DIR) Post #9slrfytPxIfGZQkQ1A by fribbledom@mastodon.social
       2020-03-07T17:26:12Z
       
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       I still don't quite understand why an internal 8TB HDD costs twice as much as an external one.Can anyone explain this to me?
       
 (DIR) Post #9slrfzTZmraWNZfINU by rizele@blob.cat
       2020-03-07T17:38:49.922812Z
       
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       @fribbledom They charge more because the market will bear it.  Those buying internal drives will care more about specs and reliability, less about price.  Those buying external ones just look for the lowest price at Best Buy.
       
 (DIR) Post #9slsJ1sOnRMj7LtI36 by gamehawk@mastodon.social
       2020-03-07T17:27:25Z
       
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       @fribbledom Check the speeds? External ones are often "oh this is just for a backup" and drop speed from the "fast|large|cheap" pick-any-two.
       
 (DIR) Post #9slsOUdvGqDJmcj13A by dissy614@mastodon.social
       2020-03-07T17:44:40Z
       
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       @fribbledom Volume.  I do IT but currently for a manufacturing company, and was surprised by this too.The big two costs are initial tooling, and assembly line setup. If it costs $6k to prep the line, even if each board is $20, its cheaper by far to do one run of 10000 than 10 runs of 1000. Both are $200k for the same 10k of boards, but the later case adds an additional $54k to the total.
       
 (DIR) Post #9slsQSJateRX8u9VIm by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
       2020-03-07T17:47:14.397073Z
       
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       @dissy614 @fribbledom I still buy internals, but not as often as I get external storage
       
 (DIR) Post #9slvOr04Rl7Az9wqfY by dissy614@mastodon.social
       2020-03-07T17:52:23Z
       
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       @tn5421 @fribbledom My last purchase of 10 TB drives in this quantity was $40 less each than singles :P
       
 (DIR) Post #9slvOrtN89Lnkfp0ro by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
       2020-03-07T18:20:33.063166Z
       
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       @dissy614 @fribbledom I care about how my external drives perform so I really only buy WD there, too.
       
 (DIR) Post #9slzqfIlvyawd2DEtU by dissy614@mastodon.social
       2020-03-07T18:29:00Z
       
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       @tn5421 @fribbledom Yes, I am a huge WD fan myself, their red blue black and gold lines are excellent.For that box of 20, I happened to go with Seagate Exos Enterprise drives for the first time ever for me.Their performance is pretty comparable to WD golds from my benchmarks.They have only been spinning since Nov. 2019 though, so can't yet say for longevity.
       
 (DIR) Post #9slzzwiAZhZ7EJW8oK by tn5421@fedi.absturztau.be
       2020-03-07T19:12:04.822011Z
       
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       @dissy614 @fribbledom I grabbed a 2tb wd passport from office depot a year ago and I'm happy with it so far
       
 (DIR) Post #9svd5ECUV7Tov8RKTY by null0x0@fosstodon.org
       2020-03-12T10:42:20Z
       
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       @fribbledom price fixing! I have the same thoughts.