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Many complain here about how bad the disks where, but nobody seem to remember the sudden quality drop in the late 90s. For me it was very different to use a (no
by DiThi 11y ago
Many complain here about how bad the disks where, but nobody seem to remember the sudden quality drop in the late 90s. For me it was very different to use a (not very used) 10 year old disk than using a freshly bought one, any brand.
- VLM 11y agoOptical media underwent a similar reliability collapse where long term reliability went from near 100% to maybe 50% when prices dropped. I haven't used legacy flash media in a long time, I wonder if it followed the same pattern toward the end of its life when prices collapsed. Flash sticks used to be pretty reliable... back when 32 megs was a big flash drive.
- digi_owl 11y agoWell older flash media likely use larger components on the dies. And larger components means less leakage, iirc. That said, i wonder how much the quality drop of various media can be traced to outsorcing fever. Meaning that just about every brand just a sticker on the same product made in some Asian sweat shop factory.