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Laptop SSD Capacity To Remain Flat As NAND Flash Dearth Causes Prices To Rise (computerworld.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the steady-as-we-go dept.

Lucas123 writes from a report via Computerworld: Laptop manufacturers aren't likely to offer higher capacity standard SSDs in their machines this year as a shortage of NAND flash is pushing prices higher this year. At the same time, nearly half of all laptops shipped this year will have SSDs versus HDDs, according to a new report from DRAMeXchange. The contract prices for multi-level cell (MLC) SSDs supplied to the PC manufacturing industry for those laptops are projected to go up by 12% to 16% compared with the final quarter of 2016; prices of triple-level cell (TLC) SSDs are expected to rise by 10% to 16% sequentially. "The tight NAND flash supply and sharp price hikes for SSDs will likely discourage PC-[manufacturers] from raising storage capacity," said Alan Chen, a senior research manager of DRAMeXchange. "Therefore, the storage specifications for mainstream PC [...] SSDs are expected to remain in the 128GB and 256GB [range]."

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  1. That's not a problem for Apple by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They're still using 5400 RPM HDDs in their low-end-yet-too-expensive Macs.

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    1. Re:That's not a problem for Apple by John+Bokma · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If you don't agree with their prices buy something else. The more people do so, the more likely things change.

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    2. Re:That's not a problem for Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Sure, that's my right to buy something else. Know what else's my right? Bitching about how over priced these systems are. Hell, the trash can pro is still starting at 3K with 4+ year old hardware.

  2. Re:Macs are for Xcode users by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The price of a Mac includes an Xcode license.

    It also comes with an Apple logo, which is priceless if you want to hang with the cool kids. My daughter is a freshman in college, and she says that only the total dweebs use Windows on their laptops.

  3. Unbelievable that PCs/Macs are still sold with HDD by cerberusss · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I find it almost unbelievable that people are still sold computers with old-fashioned HDDs. At the coffee machine, a secretary told me they bought a spanking new iMac. "But it's so slow", she asked, "is that normal?"

    I told her to bring it back and get a model with an SSD. She didn't know what it was. I find it unbelievable that salespersons still sell this shit to consumers.

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  4. Re:Macs are for Xcode users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My daughter is a freshman in college, and she says that only the total dweebs use Windows on their laptops.

    Give her a Dell laptop with a Linux installation...