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SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by smallstepforman »

transpute wrote: post #23
omnimus wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even smaller and faster are nvme enclosures over thunderbolt. Easily can be boot drive.

Any recommended enclosures that work reliably with Linux?

When you say Linux, reliability depends on distro. I had tried to install Mint on an external harddrive, and the stupid installer modified the boot loader to search for Grub on the removable disk. No removable disk, no grub, no booting of any OS. Idiotic. Lets not get started on the repair/recovery process since another mainstream OS recovery tools wont mount Fat32 EFI partition in R/W, needed to verify the uuid for bootmanager.exe - long story short, had to reinstall everything. Note - neither Windows or Linux are on that box anymore, but Haiku and OSX works brilliantly.

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by piskov »

Tuna-Fish wrote: post #27

Back when Macbook airs had tiny drives and sdcard slots, there were multiple vendors selling flush-mount sd cards. They work surprisingly well, they can sink heat well into the aluminum body. This product isn't quite there yet, but it's clearly aiming for the same market.

There are still for any macbook pro with sd card slot. BaseQi or similar

Nothing beats cheap storage like that and completely flush with the case

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Post by dotancohen »

nerdsniper wrote: post #28
transpute wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any recommended enclosures that work reliably with Linux?

These days most of them seem to work just fine on Linux, Windows, and Mac. I use several brands across all 3 and never had an issue. I like the DOCKCASE Visual Smart ($40) or Explorer Edition ($50). They have large capacitors to provide 10 seconds of power loss protection, support 10Gbps USB speeds, and have a second USB port just for power which makes it compatible with SSD's that draw a lot of power. I like the inf…

Which filesystem do you use that handles large disks and can be mounted by Linux, Windows, and Mac?

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by lazide »

b3lvedere wrote: post #10
KnuthIsGod wrote: post #8

I was foolish enough to buy SanDisk. SanDisk flashdrives get extremely hot and die in months. The warranty process is time consuming and tedious. I stick to Samsung flashdrives now.

Can't say i have the same experiences. The only products to fail me where really really cheap AliExpress devices.

Sandisk in general I’ve had good luck with - but there are a ton of fakes out there.

That said, I see no way this drive could dissipate any useful amount of heat at all, so suspicious it would be a problem under sustained write loads.

Especially since most use cases likely would never have sustained write loads.

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Post by bramhaag »

ZeroConcerns wrote: post #15
ssl-3 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this what we get when we stop making laptops with upgradeable internal storage?

I just upgraded the internal storage of my Lenovo T14 (AMD, Gen6) to 4TB, and that took all of 5 minutes. And that laptop was definitely made in 2025, although I agree that consumer sentiment overwhelmingly favors models that are less convenient in that respect.

Meanwhile, modern Apple users: https://youtu.be/RDBX6FTYLoQ

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Post by system2 »

When I was studying at university, I had the highest-capacity USB drive of its time, which was 64mb. I was able to fit all my Word documents and some extras, and still felt huge. I can't find a reason for anyone to use a tiny flash drive and store 1tb info on it. It is too risky to store anything important without a backup. Versioning is also an issue and must be synced somewhere all the time. I thought we were over flash drives already. I only use flash drives for installing fresh distros on old computers. Can't find a reason to use them anymore.

I used SanDisk Cruzer Fit https://amzn.to/47OqNXT for a very long time (USB 2.0) for ESXi server installations too. Never had a problem. But this "new" design looks terrible.

Re: SanDisk launches dongle-like Extreme Fit USB-C flash drive with up to 1 TB

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Post by lazide »

amelius wrote: post #25
jbverschoor wrote: post #3

I’d rather not have something like that poking out. Looks like it’ll ruin the port when for example it hooks behind something

That's a more general problem with USB.

The problem I have with USB on windows is how windows insists on turning off/crashing drivers for anything attached to USB for long periods of time.

It’s gotten to the point I just turn off my machine (instead of power saving) so that things actually work when I turn it on.

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