cdanteek Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 article.... Q4 HDD Shipments to Flatten or Decline, Says iSuppli With global demand for PCs and other electronic products weakening, iSuppli Corp now is predicting that global shipments of hard disk drives (HDD) used in these systems will be flat or even decline in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the third. Due to rapidly changing circumstances, iSuppli has issued optimistic and pessimistic scenario forecasts for global HDD shipments in 2008 and 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_deweywright Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 article.... Q4 HDD Shipments to Flatten or Decline, Says iSuppli With global demand for PCs and other electronic products weakening, iSuppli Corp now is predicting that global shipments of hard disk drives (HDD) used in these systems will be flat or even decline in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the third. Due to rapidly changing circumstances, iSuppli has issued optimistic and pessimistic scenario forecasts for global HDD shipments in 2008 and 2009. So, does that mean there may be less demand for HD's for systems, leading to a potential oversupply, meaning potentially lower prices? Is that the implication? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdanteek Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I would guess a 10% drop in projected sales would lead to that? The lead time for materials and production would of already been set. cd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 As the "Flash" drives market increases and they get bigger, that I think will also help to lower the cost of the old IDE and SATA drives. The're mostly used in laptops now but I think they will eventually take over in desktops as well. Frank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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