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The brief specs are only one part of the puzzle. The dongle, like many smartphones could most likely suffer from gimped flash interface and channels, low RAM sp
by ferongr 14y ago
The brief specs are only one part of the puzzle. The dongle, like many smartphones could most likely suffer from gimped flash interface and channels, low RAM speeds and slow USB (making accessing data on external HDDs painfully slow). Furthermore the thermal limits on continuous operation of the main chipset may be different (due to the difference in ventilation).
- hosay123 14y agoWhich of the approximately 200 pre-existing, owned, tested and reviewed models over on cnx-software.com are you referring to? I'd rather take my chances buying something that already exists at a fair price, not last-generation vaporware sold at an unfair premium, targeted at those who don't know any better. As for reliability, there are definitely some designs out there with heating issues and flaky wifi (missing antenna is common), but overall manufacturing quality doesn't vary much at any price point. It's not like these sticks are cheap because there's child labour involved, they all come from a small set of factories that rely more on volume to stay in business than anything else.