Is it me, or does it not seem like there are many decent black Friday deals on any kind of internal storage whether it be a spinning hard drive or a solid-state device? My last drive purchase was a 16 TB Toshiba enterprise and they paid $225. Black Friday deals. Don’t even come close to this. Except, perhaps, if people are willing to shuck.
Internals and SSDs aren’t as sexy as externals. “I have to open my computer and install it? I’ve never done that!” And unlike externals, which are a way for the manufacturers to make money off their 2nd tier stock, internals are a commodity.
Keep an eye on Cyber Monday as retailers have been saving some of their best deals for that day.
Different customer base. I get that. I’ve used a few externals over my life, but prefer an external case with bays for multiple drives instead of the single casified external.