Re: Why is this HDD so small?
Wolf K <[email protected]>
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On 2021-03-13 16:24, Rene Lamontagne wrote: > 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 > Amazon relies on "It's Amazon, so it must be OK" factor. My take is the precise opposite. If it's Amazon, it's probably not OK. For one thing, Amazon takes a hefty slice of that vendor's prices. I prefer to deal with vendors directly, not through Amazon. They are not alone. Even Best Buy is a problem, most of their bargains are from 3rd party vendors. Even Staples now offers goods "shipped directly from the merchant". I prefer supporting a local brick'n'mortar shop if possible. They pay taxes locally. Amazon doesn't. It's a free-loader. Example: The town needs cash to pay for snow plowing. Amazon depends on that service so the delivery trucks can get to the customers. But Amazon don't pay a cent towards the cost of that service. Best, -- Wolf K <https://kirkwood40.blogspot.com> The purpose of higher education is to learn how to tell if someone is blowing smoke in yuour ears. (Anon)