Satomi

I always thought that SSDs have a limited life due to limited write-cycles, since a (relatively) high voltage is needed to write the bits, which is why hybrids appeared in the beginning -- to alleviate the writes. But now I know microSDs are worst, so my strategy was bad.

Thanks. Glad I asked before hitting "purchase". I guess I should purchase a dongle instead for more USB ports, and use a regular external drive for my use-cases.

Hi guys, Due to limited USB ports on my laptop, I am thinking of using a microSD card as a "permanent" data drive. It's uses will be: Store data (non-OS stuff), for portability to move a PC. A scratchpad to reduce writes to the primary NVME. The question is, this is a normal use case? Reading online, I see that microSDs are only usually used for cameras and phones. Rarely as it used as an external drive. Is it because of some other factor that I am not aware of, such as perhaps high current consumption (which drains the laptop plus heats it up?) and write-cycles are too low such that this use-case will easily kill the card?

Super useful, never knew this existed!

The 10th Gen model doesn't exist, which makes me curious if whether a new version is just around the corner. But I wouldn't be able to afford the new version anyway. The 8th Gen 2018 one is at 50% off, so it's good budget wise. If 8th Gen is powerful enough (as SavageNeo stated), I think I'll just go with it.

Mostly coding and video editing (1080p).

https://www.dell.com/en-my/work/shop/business-laptop-notebook-computers/dell-latitude-5290-2-in-1/spd/latitude-12-5290-2-in-1-laptop/s2006l529012my The good:- Surface Pro form-factor which I like for mobility.- 16GB of RAM for VMs- Thunderbolt3 for future expansionWhat I'm worried about is the following:- It's 8th Gen Intel. I believe it's already 10th Gen now, but I'm not sure how bad it is. It's still i7. My main use case will be 1080p video editing. - DDR3 shouldn't be a problem? Should I just go for it?