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>TLDR: They suggest different RED drives should be considered for different workloads. While that may have been their intention all along, that was not communic
by simias 6y ago
>TLDR: They suggest different RED drives should be considered for different workloads. While that may have been their intention all along, that was not communicated well at in marketing or retail, [...]
I would argue that it's worth than that because they sold drives with significantly different characteristics without changing the branding.
It's not even that the users weren't given enough information to make an enlightened decision, it's that users of the older WD Red drives would reasonably expect newer models to basically fit the same performance profile. It's as if nvidia suddenly started selling GTX 2080 Ti cards that are effectively rebranded 1060 under the hood.
- bonestamp2 6y agoAbsolutely. I just mean that even if consumers somehow guessed that something was different, and like you pointed out: they would have no reason to suspect that -- the information wasn't even available to decipher what that difference was. So, their cover story is completely asinine any way you look at it.