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Finally Good News from Taiwan: Western Digital partly resumes manufacturing..

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Xbox
Xbox Original post #1
Dec 2, 2011 at 9:47 PM
Western Digital Corp, the worst hit hard drive manufacturer by Thai floods,
said on Friday it has partly resumed production this week after months of suspension Western Digital could regain market share quickly | Reuters :neutral::neutral:
skeletor
skeletor #2
Dec 3, 2011 at 1:44 AM
Finally good news. :) Any idea when are we going to see price drops?

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coderunknown
coderunknown #3
Dec 3, 2011 at 2:01 AM
i don't think we'll see a price drop for another 6 months. firstly they got to serve the server market then US & europe market and finally arrive here. but situation will get better soon (price stability). after WD, seagate too will start.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #4
Dec 3, 2011 at 9:52 AM
^^its a good news..& WD was highly affected by floods....now I can think of another HDD in a couple of months
Tenida
Tenida #5
Dec 3, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Phew!! Finally a real good news...hope the price drops soon..:)
krishnandu.sarkar
krishnandu.sarkar #6
Dec 3, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Ya that's right. But it seems that prices are not going to be down before February / March '12
d6bmg
d6bmg #7
Dec 3, 2011 at 11:52 AM
Now the source looks more valid. If so, then prices won't go down before the ending of Q1,2012 because of stability factor in the market.
S
susancts #8
Dec 6, 2011 at 11:19 AM
Good to know that. Somewhere around this forum I read the hard drive prices have doubled recently as the balance between production and consumption has gone for a toss but now we can expect the prices to get back to normal soon.
Alok
Alok #9
Dec 6, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Good :) but i think prices won't get low this early.