I got a 2TB USB drive for just $5. You need to know where to shop!
Actually...
it was a clearance at a local Vietnamese shop, and it said “2TB (64GB extension)” so I knew what to expect. I scooped it up to prevent a less tech-savvy person from using it and losing 1936 GB of their data. I found that the FirstChip flash controller can be reprogrammed using the software MPtools, which I used to find bad blocks and limit the drive to a virtual 30GiB capacity, which means the drive should be as good as the upper 50 % of blocks. A one-pass R/W test then finished 100% correct but I still only use it for non-critical files like movies.
Going from 256GB -> 1TB is $400. That’s insanity. A 1TB NVME drive is less than $100 these days.
You can even get 2TB NVME SSDs for under $100, Apple’s pricing is ridiculous.
I got a 2TB USB drive for just $5. You need to know where to shop!
Actually...
it was a clearance at a local Vietnamese shop, and it said “2TB (64GB extension)” so I knew what to expect. I scooped it up to prevent a less tech-savvy person from using it and losing 1936 GB of their data. I found that the FirstChip flash controller can be reprogrammed using the software MPtools, which I used to find bad blocks and limit the drive to a virtual 30GiB capacity, which means the drive should be as good as the upper 50 % of blocks. A one-pass R/W test then finished 100% correct but I still only use it for non-critical files like movies.
That includes components made in Tim Cook’s bathwater and piss. You are missing the point entirely.
But does that include apple magic pixie dust? Didn’t think so.
100? I bought mine at 35!
35? I bought mine when i was 25 years old!
25? bro, I was born with it in my hands.
When you were born ? I had it when i was a fetus