Re: Why is this HDD so small?

Rene Lamontagne <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.os.windows-10
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2021-03-12 10:05 p.m., Rene Lamontagne wrote:
> On 2021-03-12 9:27 p.m., 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 
>>
>>
>> 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, not a spinner, some kind of SSD crammed into a small aluminum body
> The brand name of that one is 'Aitaton'  I see a lot of similar ones on 
> Amazon.
> I don't know how good they are as I have never used one, Also not enough 
> info to make an informed guess.
> 
> Rene
> 

Should have mentioned, something looks fishy about the price for a 1 TB 
drive.

Rene
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