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SSDs (especially in the M.2 form factor) are light, power-efficient, and fast - ideal for laptops. Now that prices/GB are approaching parity, why stay with the older technology?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: ...why stay with the older technology?
Because data recovery can be done easily and with no special tools. It might be possible with a solid state drive but it's not as easy and it requires special tools.
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Yes, data recovery is much easier when there is a correspondence between physical and logical LBAs. It is extremely expensive even for HDDs, which is why most people faced with the loss of a HDD don't even try; they rely on backups.
The only instances that I can think of where costs are no object are criminal investigations. Anyone with the brains to encrypt their HDD is already effectively safe from such investigation, so the only ones caught will be either the stupid or the small fry.
Is the slight benefit of recoverable HDDs really worth the cost in power, speed, and weight?
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Makes sense to me. Years ago I bought an HP Laptop (i5, 8GB, HDD) running Windows 10.
Brought it home & started it up & it began updating. It was entirely useless as the HDD got to 80% - 100% on read/writes.
I shut it down, imaged the disk to a new SSD, put the SSD in and she is still using that laptop to this day. HDDs are ancient now -- because Win10 is disk-hungry.
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DELL is my favorite...
diligent hands rule....
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And not a moment too soon. Honestly, while SSDs can't hold a candle to spinning disks when it comes to capacity, you don't use a laptop for mass storage. If you need mass storage, that's what external drives are for.
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Not clicking that. Synopsis, please.
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An internet connectivity graph of British Columbia, interrupted rather dramatically by "Beaver Incident"
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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And we're not allowed to say "Beaver" in the Lounge? 
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I wasn't aware that various species of the rodent family were verboten to speak about here.
I hope rats are okay. and capybaras. Love them.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: capybaras. Love them.
Never managed to eat one ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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NO EAT CAPYBARAS!
BAD GRIFF
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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They are eaten all over South America - except Chile apparently, but especially in Venezuela - and are apparently really tasty!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I know this evil of which you speak, and it breaks my heart. Those critters are way to clever to be eaten. =(
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Not even with a little bit of Miracle Whip? 
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I didn't think it could be made worse. You made it worse.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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And I'm sure you know the only reason I posted that was to bug you a tiny bit
Best wishes HTC from Rainy Rochester MN!
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Mayonnaise doesn't go bad. It turns into Miracle Whip.
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Some idiots in my area had them as pets with a breeding pair.
Of course, they escaped and I am sure we will be overrun in a few decades.
Team Coyote, do your thing!
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It's just the one species that is a naughty word. 
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And I think the assumption that it can chew through internet fiber might make it worse!
Horrible pictures come to mind... LOL
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WE LOVE OUR BEAVERS.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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Leave It to Beaver?[^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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