Exactly! And why would Seagate want that? They are doing very well selling HDs and cheap SSDs would just mean lots of new competitors. The last thing they want is for SSD prices to become competitive.
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Chicken & egg, Seagate...if you started making consumer SSDs, the price would come down.
I was just about to say. If that was the attitude of all the companies the price would takefar, far longer to come down.
Exactly! And why would Seagate want that? They are doing very well selling HDs and cheap SSDs would just mean lots of new competitors. The last thing they want is for SSD prices to become competitive.
They said they wouldn't FOCUS on the consumer market. Not that they wouldn't make any drives at all.