NetApp, Lenovo Raise Prices, Citing Thailand Flooding Effects 96
Lucas123 writes "First HP, then EMC, and now NetApp has hiked up the price of its hard disk drives by 5% to 15%. The vendors sent letters to users stating that the flooding in Thailand had caused major component shortages, and while they tried to absorb the supplier price increases, each had to eventually give in. Lenovo also announced it has run out of certain drives for its PC systems including some popular 7,200rpm models."
Having redundancy costs (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Imagine... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm in the minority where we actually wear computers out (not just the disks), even when we could afford new ones. I'm not doing more demanding tasks than I was 5 years ago, so whats wrong with a 5 year-old computer?
How about a bit of compassion for those Russian hackers who are also using your computer. Why should they have to put up with sub-standard hardware to run their botnet?
Jeez, some people just have no sense of helping the community!
But seriously, I think that in this day of ever more powerful smartphones, an increasing number of people are wearing their computers out.
Re:Having redundancy costs (Score:4, Funny)
At this point I suspect it would be more cost-effective for the rest of the world to pay a one-time contribute to relocate the entirety of Thailand somewhere less affected by natural disasters.
I suggest they move it all to Alaska. We don't have any good Thai food here (yet).