Fixstars launches 3TB capacity 2.5-inch SATA3 SSD

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So $990 is £650, or thereabouts. Add 20% VAT and you get £780
1TB Samsung SSD is £260, times 3 is £780
I don't get your point.

The point is that the US$990 (or £780 according to you - and I'll not argue) is for the 1TB Fixstars whereas, as canopus72 points out, a 1TB (and therefore equivalent in capacity) Samsung is a third of the price. From what you've said I'am assuming that you thought that it was the 3TB Fixstars that was the $990 which, as you point out, would have made it price competitive.

Clear?

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Doh! Well that's ludicrous, cheers.