Without a point of reference, that thing looks massive. Considering 2280 drives are the size of a stick of gum I have to wonder about the packaging. I think I'd rather have a high quality thumb drive for backup and transport needs.
cool and all, however...if not expected to be as quick nor potential as "good" in terms of P/E durability, they should not have targeted same price point as "other high-end portable SSDs"
IMO...they probably should have thought about such a bit better ... if were me (business is business crud saying lol) I would see what can afford to put on the market for where I still make profit from, but, not "gouge" customers...i.e maybe they could have put on market for $99 for 500gb $165 for 1tb (just cause portable should not auto mean -has to be priced higher just like everyone else is doing)
then keep at such price points instead of doing sales and such things....i.e instead of make quick $$$ to speed on to the next product, play the "long game" be happy the product it being sold maybe/maybe not far more than would have at the "gougey" price point
Isn't there a problem with long term, powered-off data retention for TLC NAND? Does QLC make NAND more sensitive to temperatures and user absenteeism? I still use mechanical drives for data backup because I might go a good half year before pulling the external drive out of a drawer to gather up and save my old files.
While I haven't been able to find any real testing for this, it apparently is a problem for worn-out drives. Assuming this thing (re)written to constantly it while not being left connected that shouldn't be a real-world problem.
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sorten - Thursday, October 24, 2019 - link
Without a point of reference, that thing looks massive. Considering 2280 drives are the size of a stick of gum I have to wonder about the packaging. I think I'd rather have a high quality thumb drive for backup and transport needs.Billy Tallis - Thursday, October 24, 2019 - link
One of the other pictures on the product page puts it in perspective: https://content.crucial.com/content/dam/crucial/ss...It's unnecessarily wide, but given that it has to contain an 80mm SSD, the length is reasonable.
deil - Friday, October 25, 2019 - link
2280 is inside ? it looked like 2260. really pic is completely missleadingDragonstongue - Friday, October 25, 2019 - link
cool and all, however...if not expected to be as quick nor potential as "good" in terms of P/E durability, they should not have targeted same price point as "other high-end portable SSDs"IMO...they probably should have thought about such a bit better ... if were me (business is business crud saying lol) I would see what can afford to put on the market for where I still make profit from, but, not "gouge" customers...i.e maybe they could have put on market for $99 for 500gb $165 for 1tb (just cause portable should not auto mean -has to be priced higher just like everyone else is doing)
then keep at such price points instead of doing sales and such things....i.e instead of make quick $$$ to speed on to the next product, play the "long game" be happy the product it being sold maybe/maybe not far more than would have at the "gougey" price point
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PeachNCream - Friday, October 25, 2019 - link
Isn't there a problem with long term, powered-off data retention for TLC NAND? Does QLC make NAND more sensitive to temperatures and user absenteeism? I still use mechanical drives for data backup because I might go a good half year before pulling the external drive out of a drawer to gather up and save my old files.Great_Scott - Friday, October 25, 2019 - link
While I haven't been able to find any real testing for this, it apparently is a problem for worn-out drives. Assuming this thing (re)written to constantly it while not being left connected that shouldn't be a real-world problem.tayedil - Saturday, November 16, 2019 - link
it being sold maybe/maybe not far more than would have at the "gougey" price point