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AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year
(www.theregister.com)
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I bought 2 8TB drives last week and had to check if they were still in stock at the same retailer and they are, but the price have gone up with 23%...
I do see that another retailer has drives in stock, but at about 40-50% more than I paid back in October