PC shipments could drop 10% due to hard drive shortages

Tagged: HDD, Personal Computer, Computer Hardware, Technology
Source: Ars Technica - Read the full article
Posted: 1 year 26 weeks ago

"The widespread flooding in Thailand that disrupted operations at hard disk drive factories will lead to significantly declining PC shipments, say market analysts. Thailand accounted for 40 to 45 percent of worldwide HDD production in the first half of 2011, but flooding has impacted more than a dozen factories, according to IDC..."

 

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Mon, 11/14/2011 - 11:46
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Tivon
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I forgot all about that problem with HDD's this year. Does that mean SSD will become cheaper if any?

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