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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.
    I actually can't believe prices on 8TB drives haven't fallen any more than they have. It seems silly that a refurb 8TB drive is $100...
  • ddrueding
    ddrueding replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.
    I am still keeping an eye out for a replacement of my archive cold storage 8x8TB Synology unit. The prices are getting close.
  • ddrueding
    ddrueding reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread SSDs - State of the Product? with Like Like.
    Amazon is doing a buy two, get one free sale on Silicon Power 4TB TLC 2.5" SSDs. I'm not sure if anyone needs 12TB of 500MB/sec storage...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread SSDs - State of the Product?.
    Amazon is doing a buy two, get one free sale on Silicon Power 4TB TLC 2.5" SSDs. I'm not sure if anyone needs 12TB of 500MB/sec storage...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    Hey, I was a working professional through all of that as well.
  • mubs
    mubs replied to the thread Something Random.
    Thanks a lot, Merc. You made me remember how old I am.
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Something Random.
    It could be worse. He could have thought you were running an escort service.
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    My internet service was out most of the weekend and a Comcast tech couldn't come look at it until Sunday. Turned out that wasps had...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Walmart's house-brand makes generics of the Outshine bars for a couple bucks cheaper per box, and you get a couple more bars in each box...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Thanks for the insight into the era, Merc. You'd be surprised to hear it but it's not an era a lot of people talk about -- the late 90s...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken reacted to Mercutio's post in the thread Something Random with Like Like.
    The 2000 to XP crossover was a weirder time period than you'd probably guess. A lot of big organizations weren't just switching their...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    I have Arch installed on an Ideapad Slim 3 and it also doesn't have working internal audio. Bluetooth audio works and I'm reasonably...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    The 2000 to XP crossover was a weirder time period than you'd probably guess. A lot of big organizations weren't just switching their...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    My headset jack still doesn't work right -- it registers something plugging in but never puts sound out to it. But that's relatively...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    The Windows News widget is giving me air quality alerts today. We really are living in the worst possible timeline.
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