Re: Why is this HDD so small?
micky <[email protected]>
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 13 Mar 2021 17:39:34 -0500, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >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? >> >> Have you even seen the 'name' of the merchant? >> >> 'qingyuanshiyongxinxiecaibaozhuangyouxiangongsi'? Give me a break! >> (At least that's what it says when using your URL from The Netherlands.) >> >> It doesn't matter how 'cheap' it is, I would never trust my data to >> fishy no-name stuff like that, especially not from a fishy merchant. > >Unbelievable. > >Google Translate could do that one. > >"Qingyuan Intentions Xie Cai Packing Co., Ltd." Golly, I knew there was one language that Goo translate could translate from a transliteration to the latin alphabet, but I didn' think Chinese would be one of them. >The first word may have been intended to be "Clear" >as in "Clear Intentions". Just fiddling with the >translate box a bit. I don't think so. Qingyuan is a city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qingyuan > > Paul