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• TheOakTree@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • mindbleach@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Absolutely no reason to put one in a new laptop.

      But not all computers are new.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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