I went crazy buying storage and other products before the US president took office because of tariff threats.
There was a short period when AI led to minimum ram offerings increasing like the MacMini going from 8 gigs to 16 gigs. That was shortlived as AI vacuumed up all the ram and storage.
Before the world firmly settled in the bad place, deals multiple times a year put shuckable external drives at $10/TB. I have a few left and am just hoping I don’t run out before Pop+2 years, which is probably how long it’ll take to make drives anywhere near affordable.
$200 for 8TB back in 2022
$545 for the same damn drive now.
I’m actually glad I went a little crazy buying storage back then, sitting on 40TB locally, but I recoil at the thought of replacing any of them.
I went crazy buying storage and other products before the US president took office because of tariff threats.
There was a short period when AI led to minimum ram offerings increasing like the MacMini going from 8 gigs to 16 gigs. That was shortlived as AI vacuumed up all the ram and storage.
Friend of mine has an ssd fail. Amazon refused to replace and instead gave him a a refund. He only got half of what it now costs back. Insane.
That itself should be fucking illegal tbh.
I’m pretty sure $15/TB for HDDs was considered the standard not too many years ago
Edit: the last time I bought an HDD (2023) it was 20 TB for $280, so $14/TB.
Before the world firmly settled in the bad place, deals multiple times a year put shuckable external drives at $10/TB. I have a few left and am just hoping I don’t run out before Pop+2 years, which is probably how long it’ll take to make drives anywhere near affordable.
I sort of know the feeling. I got some good memory and storage a few years ago.