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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
The XT Hybrid is basically a regular laptop hard drive with a really big cache, don't waste your money.
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That's exactly what it is (as said in the video). Since when has a large cache paired with a good controller ever been a bad thing? Especially in a scenario where a laptop user wants better performance out of their laptop, yet want to keep a large capacity hard drive without having to lug around an extra external HDD.
The price point isn't exactly bad either.
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Originally Posted by asian_XL
XT is fast only when you are booting up and shutting down (in between normal HD and SSD). I see if you are transferring big files, it's reading at 88mb/s like normal spinning drive.
I have a sandforce 120gb HD here, it's awesome, but normally there are at least 80-90gb of files saved in my HD, putting some new torrent files or new games there is a headache.
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Of course! its still a mechanical drive. This is nothing revolutionary. There was no attempt to hide that. This is called a hybrid drive.
It's a "best of both worlds" or "compromise" product. And like all-season tires, they really don't do well at anything in particular, but rather give you the "snappier feel" of the OS while keeping adequate storage capacity (by caching commonly used files for quick access) that a SSD can't provide without breaking the bank.
The hybrid drive obviously won't replace a true SSD, but IMO, it's currently the best compromise for a laptop user that doesn't want to lug around an external HDD for their 100GB worth of MP3s and videos.