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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Also I had a laptop die from the constant vibrations destroying the hard disk drive.

Well, that's pretty much an issue of the past now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (10 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Ok, but it's rather specific case if you were still using a laptop with an HDD last year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There are still a few use cases... mainly price. A 4TB 2.5" HDD can be had for less than a bottom-of-the-barrel 2TB NVME.

But I would definitely hesitate to bring spinning drives on a bumpy ride.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Spinning drives have a no place in a laptop. In a desktop at home, sure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely no reason to put one in a new laptop.

But not all computers are new.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Sure. But even my ~8 year old laptop has an M.2 drive. I haven't seen a spinning disk in anything I've considered buying in the last ~10 years.

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