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naoEntendo (profile) says: no specs, most likely SMR drive
I realize that techdirt makes a little bit pushing various things, but this particular item doesn’t even describe what it is. Most external HDDs are SMR (shingle magnetic recording) a terrible technology that makes drives way too slow to be useful and causes them to fail much sooner.
In this day and age, folks should probably be using a SSD, USB stick, or even a micro SD card for amounts under 1TB or a fast CMR (conventional magnetic recording) HDD once you get into the 5+TB range.
As a technology focused sight, you are doing your readers a disservice pushing devices that aren’t even fully described, most likely to hide how poor of a product they are.
Hopefully techdirt, you will do a better job vetting the products you push in the future.
Or... USB stick delivered tomorrow with 30 days return and a full 512GB not 500GB.
Upgrade to a USB stick that barely sticks out of your device, needs no cable, delivers all 512GB (not 500GB), and can be in your hands tomorrow with AMZ Prime instead of in 10 days like this one. Same price but with free 1 day shipping courtesy of Prime.
Check AMZ for “SanDisk 512GB Ultra Fit USB 3.1 Flash Drive.” I’m all in supporting TD… but not by encouraging obsolete hw.
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