Hell-bent on burying perfectly viable Thinkpads alive
what the fuck
NVMe drives are so much faster, the capacities are the same, and the vast majority of users don’t fill their hard drives to the point that they’d need SATA add-ons.
Profit is waste.
there’s loads of older computers out there that don’t have an m.2 slot but can serve as perfectly fine daily drivers for normies with a SATA SSD. it’s looking like the old trick of upgrading an old computer with an SSD and more RAM to extend its life is (while still technically possible) going to be significantly less cost effective going forward, which will push people to throw out their otherwise fine computers and buy new ones.
M2 to 2.5 converter is about $10
genuinely didn’t know that exists, but i guess it makes senseIf you can find a M.2 NVMe to 2.5 SATA converterer, can you share the link please? I have been looking for one for ages, but I could only find M.2 SATA to 2.5 SATA.
I just found this on AliExpress: C$11.26 | M2 SATA NVMe Key B/M NGFF SSD to PCI-e U2 SFF-8639 Conversion Adapter SSD Adapter PCIe M2 for PC Computer M.2 SSD to U.2 Adapter https://a.aliexpress.com/_mslgZFf
Thanks for the link, but although this looks like a 2.5 form factor, it says in the description that this is not compatible with a regular SATA port.
I’m not sure about that. I see NVMe to PCIe adaptors, but that wouldn’t help in a laptop (or if you’re PCIe constrained
I think the issue is that NVMe and SATA are too different (although there are NVMe to USB adapters on the market, so… ?!).
If they stop producing SATA drives, then there won’t be any M.2 to 2.5 adapters to save the day, I’m afraid.
The article claims like 20% of orders online are for these SATA drives. There’s definitely demand wtf. Samsung going premium or what?
Moore’s Law is Dead
I think we’ll be fine.
Explain why you think he’s wrong (I’m genuinely asking since I’m unaware of his track record)
Title is a bit misleading. I first thought it meant they’re halting all SSD production.
No mention on whether or not this means that they will ramp up production of M.2 drives.
Samsung Semi also recently refused a sale of RAM to Samsung Electronics, to boot.
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