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Lexar was bought by the Chinese company Longsys. Kingston has a reputation for bait and switch as in the V300 scandal (https://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-u
by ciupicri 3y ago
Lexar was bought by the Chinese company Longsys.
Kingston has a reputation for bait and switch as in the V300 scandal (https://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand https://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ss...).
- frognumber 3y agoDid that result in a decline in Lexar quality? It's a serious question. - Many Chinese firms bought established brand names in order to milk a cash cow and sell junk at premium prices. - Many others did so with very good products, and seem to be doing a nice job sustaining those brands and are investing in this long-term. I don't know what happened here. ThinkPads don't seem any worse under Lenovo than late IBM, and GE Appliances, if anything, went up in quality.
- ciupicri 3y agoI bought an SD card for someone a couple of years ago and he had no issues, but I can't remember if it was after the acquisition or before.