RamRabbit comments on Samsung to halt SATA SSD production, leaker warns of up to 18 months of SSD price pressure, worse than Micron ending consumer RAM

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[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (6 children)

That sucks. They probably could give them out to employees as a little bonus thing. Build a bit of goodwill. Rather than have them sit on a shelf.

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[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Government. Ain't nobody want to get caught "stealing" from the government (they're probably going to be destroyed ten years after they're completely obsolete). Waste of damn near a hundred terabytes of storage.

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[–] bold_atlas@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago*

Government. Ain’t nobody want to get caught “stealing” from the government

It's fine as long as you're rich. Trump and friends are clearing the place out.

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[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

You can't send them to surplus auction?

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[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And then most people won't know what to do with it, possibly flooding the helpdesk with requests.

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[–] RamRabbit@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 child)

It would have to be a voluntary thing, not just handed to everyone. "Put your name on this sheet if you want one."

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

My wife would sign up and she has no idea what a drive is, of any type. If you try to explain it to her she'll turn her ears off. But she'll only hear "FREE STUFF!".

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