Samsung’s new T9 Portable SSD is twice as fast as the T7

realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to Technology@beehaw.org – 20 points –

It ships in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB options, starting at $140.

https://www.engadget.com/samsungs-new-t9-portable-ssd-is-twice-as-fast-as-the-t7-195707085.html

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Is there a reason to get this over just getting a ssd drive and usb adapter? Seems like it comes out half the cost.

i had a lot of problems with my t7 and went through an absolutely excruciating return process. the bad service now makes me think twice about buying samsung products in general, but i had zero issues and was very happy with my samsung memory products before the t7.

i would get great read/write performance, but i think it had some bad blocks or whatever (confirmed but not apparently correctable with samsung magician) that id run into; when that would happen the drive would get a red blinkenlight, my pc would freak out, refuse to dismount the drive, unplugging/replugging was of no use, and the only temporary remedy involved a full reboot.