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So it seems like ultimately, what they've done is to move what used to be "Red" into "Red Pro" and make "Red" a more budget oriented line (without clearly commu
by JeremyNT 7y ago
So it seems like ultimately, what they've done is to move what used to be "Red" into "Red Pro" and make "Red" a more budget oriented line (without clearly communicating this in advance).
The only reason to do this is to trick customers into buying the wrong product by accident! There is literally no good faith reading of this change. If they wanted to provide better value for the people who don't mind the SMR performance characteristics, that's great, but that would involve clearly marketing the line as such, not simply redefining what "WD Red" means.
- imagetic 7y agoI would agree. The old reds were far more along the lines of what Red Pro is now in terms of reliability.
- Silhouette 7y agoFor anyone who's wondering, a bit of homework with the major parts suppliers here in the UK suggests a 50-60% price increase is typical moving from (new) Red to the Red Pro of the same size.
- magicalhippo 7y agoThe Red Pros are 7200 RPM vs 5400 for the non-Pro Reds. That will affect heat output and noise.
- StillBored 7y agoHigher RPM drives also generally have a slightly lower linear density (the TPI should generally remain the same), meaning for the same capacity they require more platters. Frequently with little in the way of throughput increases (due to said lower density). The one thing faster spinning drives do buy, is lower seek time because rotational latency tends to be the largest contributor to average seek. That is part of the reason you don't see a lot of drives spinning faster than 7200RPM these days. SSD's ate the market which wanted speed over capacity, I've been patiently waiting for 3600/4200 RPM 5.25" drives to make a comeback.. <chuckle>
- lonelappde 7y agoIt's brand exploitation. They build a good brand, than sacrifice it for short term gain to rip off customers, while building a new brand to replace it. It's very common in the fashion industry (Gucci, etc)
- myself248 7y agoSort of like how Pyrex used to mean borosilicate glass, which has a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and is thus oven-safe. This was the case for sixtysome years. Then some douchebag decided that Pyrex wasn't a material, it was a "brand", and started slapping the name on kitchenware made of soda-lime glass, which will straight-up explode if you treat it like borosilicate.
- dman 7y agoGiven the enthusiasm for class action lawsuits in the US I am amazed this passed muster with management and the legal department.
- alliao 7y agowar on drugs was their reasoning; not sure if it's true or acceptable and yeah I'm pretty amazed it flew in the US. But then another brand by Corning is the same, they had a range of unbreakable product called Corelle, the new stuff since it got sold off just isn't the same.
- dsparkman 7y agoOld school Corelle is the best ceramics you could get. I have 40+ year old Corelle plates and bowls in the cabinets right now. Used daily and dropped hundreds of times over the years.
- navaati 7y ago> war on drugs was their reasoning Uh what ? What do you mean, I don’t see any relationship between Pyrex and the war on drugs at all and I’m really curious !
- battery_cowboy 7y agoShrinkflation for tech, I guess.