It is true, and we saw last week, that last year was a turning point and a milestone for the PC storage industry, for the first time in history more SSDs than heavy duty machine drives sold. This is an independent fact, and more is thought of as a working disk it has not stopped losing market share in the last five years and, of course, the trend is that less and less of these transactions favor SSDs.
The traditional machine disk will gradually disappear from the PC
In fact, it is a fact that the thought of users when installing a PC is that many do not even consider buying an active disk, because with 512 GB SSD or 1 TB capacity they already have a good combination of capacity and performance. According to the content, the fourth quarter of 2019 93.3% of laptops sold in Western Europe carry SSD
This feature is not only available for laptops, because SSD adoption rates on desktop computers are also increasing. According to statistics, the fastest recovery rate is to be found in northern Europe and the Netherlands, where by the end of last year only 2 percent of OEM computers sold had hard drives. In Germany, only 6% of PCs still use mechanical discs, while in the United Kingdom there are still 9.9% computers. The lowest adoption rates are in southern Europe, but 85% allow SSD.
What is clear is that the trend is that fewer and fewer people are using machine discs on their machines, and if many OEM manufacturers of PC and laptop manufacturers are involved, it is because they have long-term contracts with hard disk manufacturers forcing them to continue engaging. with their equipment That's why the Japanese hard drive has already predicted that By the end of 2021 there will be no more OEM or laptop PCs using hard drives
No, the machine disk will not disappear completely
The fact that manufacturers have stopped selling their OEM equipment with a mechanical disc does not mean that the industry will fail, far from it. In fact, manufacturers continue to try to improve aspects of hard drives, especially capacity and reliability. Machine disks are still needed in many business, and home environments such as NAS systems, so to speak we still buy from them for many years
Of course, with the market downturn, it can be affected by price. According to published data, 3209 million hard drives were exported, 15.6% less than a year ago, and this has been the case for the last 5 years, with ever lower figures.
If they also see that the "final hit" will happen next year, it is likely that producers will go tangent and adopt the increase the numbers. You know, "When I sell less, I sell more expensive to achieve the same." In any case, the practice of SSDs is the opposite, as we get more powerful and at better prices, so it won't worry too much, at least in the short and medium term.
