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• toddestan@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  More like they become reusable. A lot of places that refurbish donated computers for people who need them are perpetually short on drives since so much of the hardware they get have the drives pulled.

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  • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    SSDs are cheap enough, no sense in using a 10 year old mechanical drive to save $30.

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    • Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      SSDs are not cheap anymore, mate. “AI” made sure of that.

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      • thermal_shock@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sure, but if we’re repurposing a decade old machine, I doubt a 1TB drive is required. Learn to live within 256 or 512, those are not super expensive. And don’t need nvme, sata is perfectly acceptable.

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