One of the world’s largest sellers of the world’s personal computers sells a workstation PC that costs thousands of people, but a component, including a component that – by all accounts – should not be present on the list of specifications . This is true, Dell Sale a $ 3,000 PC – 7920 Precision Rack Workstation – Supplied with a Venerable Hard Disk as a system drive.
The operating system will operate from the latter and, as it is – by far – the weakest link in the chain of components, we can expect a mediocre overall performance. It sounds like bicycle wheels in a sports car and wait for it to work well. Unfortunately, hard disk drives with powerful computers are not the exception and is symptomatic of a larger trend of industry where desktop users do not have the best value for money.
Dell sells a stangster 35pcs desktop and workstation skus (stock storage units) on its range that run SATA hard disk drives. Rival HP Stocks 19 models that work on rotating discs while the largest PC manufacturer in the world, Lenovo, comes third with 18.
From our research, which is obvious is that it has disproportionately impacts commercial computers and workstations. Note that these figures were valid at the time of writing and will fluctuate according to the availability of stocks. For Lenovo, the numbers had to be compiled manually.
Why does the hard drive leads?
There are three likely reasons why even biggest companies still flag hard drive readers with desktop computers. First, there is a price; The cheapest hard drives are always marginally cheaper than even the SSD at the lowest price, particularly the last shortage of global fleas assigned to SSD disks as hard drives, resulting in the average price of state readers. Solids.
Second, the cheapest hard disk drive has a much higher capacity than the cheapest SSD and for the guy in the street, it’s a compelling argument (it’s bigger, it’s better). 128 GB is the smallest SSD size available while 500 GB is the lowest capacity found in a 3.5-inch hard disk drive.
Finally, but not the least is a more cynical reason. Many of these desktop computers offer an SSD as an upgrade and very often at a highly high price. The Dell Optiplex 3080 offers a 256 GB SSD as an upgrade of $ 76.70. On Amazon.com, the price difference is a simple $ 5.50 ($ 37.99 Silicon Power SSD vs 32,50 $ WD BLUE).
What this sales technique – that we call the hard disk tax – Achievements is masking the real final price Once you bring your PC to the upper speed, thus preventing the customer from comparing apples with rival offers . Clear!
Laptop’s advantage
On the other hand, the same situation is not mirrored when it comes to laptops: HP sells a mother of two laptops (on more than 50) with hard disk drives probably because this technology of 60 Years is too fragile, too large and too much hungry for laptops consumers or commercial. You do not want to increase laptop returns to eat in your margins already thin.
In conclusion, we urge PC providers to move away from hard disk drives, at least with respect to system workouts. This is the good thing to do for buyers, B2C or B2B, whether or not it is happened will depend on the technological giants of this world.
