19 June 2008 – The best-selling capacity in the 3.5-inch internal Hard Disk Drive (HDD) sector became 250GB in March 2008, for the first time since the beginning of the year, according to data released today by Context, covering distribution sales for France, Germany and the UK. Whereas 250GB was only third in January, after 80GB and 160GB, with 21% share, it became second in February, and it reached the top position in March with 23% share (see Table 1).
Among the top selling models in the 3.5-inch, internal HDD sector, with 160GB storage capacity and SATA-300 interface were Seagate’s Barracuda 7200.10, followed by Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K160 and Western Digital’s Caviar SE in second and third position respectively (see Table 2).
Table 1– Context – SalesWatch Distribution – France, Germany, UK – Hard Disk Drives – Internal, 3.5” width – by storage capacity – January to March 2008
Table 2– Context – SalesWatch Distribution – France, Germany, UK – Hard Disk Drives – Internal, 3.5” width, 160GB, SATA-300 interface – Top Sellers – March 2008
About Context:
Context is the largest independent specialist business and consumer technology research company in Europe, providing facts-based data and competitive analysis on technology markets and channels for the vendor, user and analyst communities.
Context tracks weekly sales to end-users of business and consumer technology products through Europe's key distributors, value-added resellers and retailers through its SalesWatch reports and services in Europe's top economies.
Following the exclusive agreement between Context and the Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) and the launch of the European Technology Sales Tracking Service, Context now provides the most comprehensive and accurate reporting of sales out data in the European channel. The data is based on the actual aggregate sales-out figures provided by the GTDC's member distributors throughout Europe's top economies.
The data mentioned above covers Hard Disk Drive sales from January 2008 to March 2008 and includes distributor sales only, for France, Germany and the UK.
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