The major hard drive manufacturers have adopted an attitude enough caution regarding the production volumes for the fourth quarter of this year. The reason is simple: sales in the third quarter of 2010, that of back-to-school were lower than expected, leading to a certain amount of unsold goods. Nothing to worry about, mind you, but enough to pull a bit 'the brakes in the production of the current quarter, in order to dispose of accumulated stocks. A second factor, reported by source, regards the lack of demand for large capacity drives, particularly in the area of 2.5 inches, those of laptops.

The Euro-Dollar exchange rate has forced companies active in the European market to revise many of its PC configurations, in order to maintain prices at levels considered competitive.

A good degree of fluctuation in price, without going to change more complex configurations, the hard disk is easily obtained using the smallest denomination. The surplus stocks are therefore especially high capacity hard disk, put aside in favor of smaller sizes, at least on the flourishing European market.Now something different is happening: the decline in the price of memory has allowed PC makers to offer larger hard drives without affecting the originally estimated price for your computer.

From here a question of large capacity hard drives, which could be insufficient to cover not only the demands of the Christmas period, but also those of the first quarter of 2011. The market dynamics are often unpredictable, such as the unexpected fall in demand for PCs during back-to-school in Europe and North America. Companies can make predictions, but working with very large volumes, it is difficult to run for cover in a timely manner. The result is some adjustment in system configurations, meanwhile adjusting production to the new demands of the market.