Personal computing discussed
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yeeeeman wrote:Manufacturers do these cost saving measures not to lower final cost of the product, but to increase profits...
End User wrote:If you really cared in the first place you would have purchase both a 2.5" enclosure and standalone 2.5" HDD.
The Swamp wrote:Yikes, that's the first time I've seen that. Seems it would be cheaper for the manufacturer to use a standard drive than to have one custom-made like that for the purpose of making sure you can't re-use the enclosure and USB interface.
Bauxite wrote:Right now ignoring that half of the market means you are more likely to get stuck with an abomination known as a shingled drive.
derFunkenstein wrote:End User wrote:If you really cared in the first place you would have purchase both a 2.5" enclosure and standalone 2.5" HDD.
This is a dumb statement, and saying it makes you look dumb. These drives may be purchased and used as external drives, but when the USB crap hits the fan, it'd be nice to try to rescue some data if need be. Saying "if you really cared you'd do X" is cold, callous, and frankly not very End User-friendly.
Bauxite wrote:Go ahead and avoid more of those HGST factory helium 8TB reds inside a usb case for $160 just for the irrational reason of being covered by the label of 1 of 2 manufacturers left.
Bauxite wrote:Meanwhile those who do their research know there are plenty of good usb externals sold right next to the steaming turds, you cannot buy blindly on brand or even price.
just brew it! wrote:Bauxite wrote:Right now ignoring that half of the market means you are more likely to get stuck with an abomination known as a shingled drive.
Yeah, tell me about it.
My current line of work means I've become intimately familiar with how those things operate. I am literally writing code to utilize "host managed SMR" drives (where the drive itself does not manage the SMR zones for you and explicitly exposes them to the host). Think "HDD with some of the drawbacks of tape".
End User wrote:I stand by my original post. If you buy crap then expect the worst and don't winge about it.