Are All External Hard Drives Created Equal?
I have two WD external hard drives...dinosaur's by today's standards...they're large...like a big book...I notice that many of the newer ones are not much larger than a pack of cigarettes and run stri...
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Are they all created equal: Short answer: NO
Long answer.. I am not qualified to give specifics (Have not done the research)
But: Some compaines make drives optimized for different use, I think it's Western that makes one optimized for video storage for example, and others for data other than video.
Some are faster to store and/or retrieve data
Some companies have better reputations.
I bought my last half Terabyte drive for 250 bucks at Staples last December.. It came with a Toshiba Sattlite C-55d wrapped around it and Windows 8.1 already installed. Best price on a 500 Gig drive I have found.
Long answer.. I am not qualified to give specifics (Have not done the research)
But: Some compaines make drives optimized for different use, I think it's Western that makes one optimized for video storage for example, and others for data other than video.
Some are faster to store and/or retrieve data
Some companies have better reputations.
I bought my last half Terabyte drive for 250 bucks at Staples last December.. It came with a Toshiba Sattlite C-55d wrapped around it and Windows 8.1 already installed. Best price on a 500 Gig drive I have found.
