Re: Why is this HDD so small?
Rene Lamontagne <[email protected]>
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On 2021-03-13 3:01 p.m., Ken Blake wrote: > 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). > > Yes, Amazon itself is very reliable, I too place many orders per year and have no problems. what you have to watch for are the crappy shyster vendors and their stupidly outages prices. Yesterday my son went to Safeway and got me nine packages of flieshmans fast rising yeast, 9 pack cost $6.87 cdn, just for kicks I went on Amazon.ca, the same 9 packs sold for $15.25. Buyer Beware! Rene