Want a so-much-needed hard drive upgrade?
BEST advice, for entire 2012: DO IT NOW!

The recent (disaster) flood in Asia have halted the production line of hard disks for many hard drive manufacturers. Combined, with the dollar going upwards; disks will be getting more expensive and will most probably increase with an average of 50%; as long as the product availablity < product demand towards a the production and distribution chain. Distributors make their profit by buying larger bulk and selling smaller bulk towards the retail sector. When a product is unable to be supplied in quantity; the distributor has to charge higher margins; the final cost will be determined by the sum of all margins, in both chains (production and distribution), added with the retail margin, to be finally sold to the end-user.

You won’t get your disks cheaper, in the shop around the corner; because; the initial problem lies (almost) at the source. Read more about this by opening the article!