Re: Why is this HDD so small?
Rene Lamontagne <[email protected]>
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On 2021-03-13 12:14 p.m., micky wrote: > In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:07:40 -0700, Ken Blake > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3/12/2021 8:27 PM, micky wrote: >> >>> Why is this so small? >>> >>> Alternatively, why aren't they all so small? >>> Less than 4" x 1 1/4" x 1/3". >>> >>> Is it a real HDD, a spinner, with a rotating platter? It calls it a >>> harddrive more than once, and never uses SSD, etc. but it's so small. >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/External-Hard-Drive-Portable-Laptop/dp/B08VNQZ4KY/ref=sr_1_11?crid=3C0WFJ8T7ELDA&dchild=1&keywords=external%2Bhard%2Bdrive&qid=1615603990&s=pc&sprefix=ext%2Celectronics%2C179&sr=1-11&th=1 >> >> >> >> Regardless of what Amazon call it, it can't be a real hard drive. It >> must be an SSD. It seems to be an oversize thumb drive. There are lots >> of other 1TB thumb drives for sale, and some of them are less expensive. >> >> >>> What about that it has no brand name? Would you buy it for a backup >>> drive? >> >> >> I've never used one, don't know anybody who has, never read a review of >> it, and know nothing about it. What you do is up to you of course, but >> using such an unknown product is risky. >> >> >>> For file backup, is a real 2.5" external drive better for backup? >>> external 2.5" HDD, SSD, 3.5" HDD in a dock >> >> >> I wouldn't use it for backup, but the reason has nothing to do with its >> not being a real HD; it's because it's unknown. > > I didn't mind that JCWhitney sold things that didn't work, like the gas > pressure regulator that would impove my gas mileage by 50%. I used my > own judgment and never bought that. > > But JCWhitney didn't display** customer ratings, including by "verified > customers". I don't see how so many verified customers could have > rated the wrong thing as for this item. I hope Amazon doesn't let this > become other than very rare. > > **I haven't been to their webpage for a couple years. > I have seen this BS many times, that's why i don't read their stupid reviews. They are mostly fabricated crap. Rene