minus-square1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Hard drive prices have surged by an average of 46% since September — iconic 24TB Seagate BarraCuda now $500 as AI claims another victimlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMy best guess is they want to use the raw materials on more profitable products. Kinda like how consumer PSUs are going up in price. The materials are being used for enterprise PSUs in the datacenter linkfedilink
minus-square1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss WindowslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoNope, I’m on bare metal :) linkfedilink
minus-square1995ToyotaCorolla@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss WindowslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoNope, it absolutely won’t let you linkfedilink
My best guess is they want to use the raw materials on more profitable products. Kinda like how consumer PSUs are going up in price. The materials are being used for enterprise PSUs in the datacenter