akosgheri@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agoWestern Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in placewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1143
arrow-up1143external-linkWestern Digital is already sold out of hard drives for all of 2026 — chief says some long-term agreements for 2027 and 2028 already in placewww.tomshardware.comakosgheri@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareTolookah@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoI went to buy used drives for an offsite backup and the prices were double what I paid a year ago, so no, now is not the time, unfortunately.
minus-squareanarchiddy@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoYup, they are definitely already inflated, but I wouldn’t wait for them to come back down - i’m not sure they will.
I went to buy used drives for an offsite backup and the prices were double what I paid a year ago, so no, now is not the time, unfortunately.
Yup, they are definitely already inflated, but I wouldn’t wait for them to come back down - i’m not sure they will.