The only writer we know who’s owned multiple Porsches, Jeremy Laird sullies his hands with the cheapest 2TB SSD in town.
Solid-state storage is one of the wonders of the modern world. Thinking about it, we’re reminded of the immortal words of Arthur C Clarke, the great science fiction writer. He reckoned that any sufficiently advanced technology will seem like magic.
Go back 100 years, and what would anyone make of, for instance, a 256GB MicroSD card? (they’d probably think it was chewing gum – Ed) The notion that something so tiny could store hundreds of thousands of books would surely seem like witchcraft. Nowadays, it’s pretty impressive that you can bag a 128GB USB stick for under £25.
Despite that, SSDs aren’t yet the default option for mass storage. That will happen eventually. But not yet, not even thanks to Crucial’s 2TB MX300. It’s about as close as you’ll get to a really big SSD aimed at a mainstream audience, but at £480 it’s getting on for eight times the price of the cheapest 2TB magnetic hard drive.
This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the {{IssueName}} edition of {{MagazineName}}.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
Create your first WebSocket service
Mihalis Tsoukalos explains how to use the Go programming language to work with the WebSocket protocol.
Fantastic Mr Firefox
Nick Peers takes a trip down memory lane to reveal the story behind the rise - and slight fall - of Mozilla's popular web browser.
Set up your terminal and email like it's 1983
Jump in the hot terminal time machine with Mats Tage Axelsson who emails from the command line using the latest technology.
Universal layer text effects with GIMP
Posters use them, films and presentations are hard to imagine without them: text effects. Attract attention with Karsten Günther and GIMP.
Jump to a federated social network
Nick Peers reveals how you can get up and running with this free, decentralised and non-profit alternative to Twitter.
Free our SOFTWARE!
Taking anything for granted is dangerous, so Jonni Bidwell and Mike Saunders revisit how the free software movement got started to help free us from proprietary tyranny!
Master RPI.GPIO
Les Pounder goes back to the early days of the Raspberry Pi - and his career with this classic library! -
Waveshare Zero to Pi3
Transform your Pi Zero into a Pi 3, they promised Les Pounder, but it's more like adding on go-faster stripes.
The Best OPEN SOURCE Software Ever!
In an attempt to trigger controversy, Michael Reed and Neil Mohr unequivocally state these are the greatest free software apps ever. Probably. We’re just trying to be helpful.
Linux-Mandrake 7
Simplicity and a wide range of applications make this a great distribution for all Linux users.
