As most people on the planet know already, Thailand has suffered the most disasterous flooding in over 50 years. What you may not realize is that the vast majority of hard drives (used in PCs, Laptops, Servers) are made in Thailand. The flood waters have effectively shut down all the manufacturing plants. This means that there are shortages of hard drives across all PC and laptop manufacturers and the price is starting to climb. HP is now only guaranteeing their prices for the day on which they are quoted, and it is anticipated that many other PC and laptop manufacturers will soon follow suit. What does this mean to you? Prices are rising. It is not anticipated for the technology market to stablize until 2012. Order fulfillment will probably be delayed. Be sure the machine you want it actually in stock, to ensure you will get it in a reasonable amount of time.
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