Re: Why is this HDD so small?
Ken Blake <[email protected]>
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On 3/13/2021 1:26 PM, Frank Slootweg wrote: > micky <[email protected]> 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 >> >> What about that it has no brand name? Would you buy it for a backup >> drive? >> >> >> For file backup, is a real 2.5" external drive better for backup? >> external 2.5" HDD, SSD, 3.5" HDD in a dock > > No offense, but why even consider stuff from weird merchants which > peddle their stuff via Amazon!? > > Don't you have *reputable* webshops in the US? As far as I'm concerned, Amazon is completely reputable. I buy many things from them--probably somewhere around 100 a year--and I've never had a problem, except once when a product I expected to receive never arrived. Amazon not only refunded what I had paid, but also gave me a credit ($10, If I remember correctly). -- Ken