On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 04:35:44PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
Highway robbery.
No kidding.
I don't know about this "class" thing. Apparently it is a Dell invention.
Here's a random amazon.ca 2T NVMe drive. Good brand, good price. <https://www.amazon.ca/Crucial-T700-Gen5-NVMe-CT2000T700SSD3/dp/B0C3K7MTSY> It is $289.99.
There are probably cheaper and better ones. For example, this one is cheaper at $163.99: <https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C3VCD5Z8/ref=sspa_dk_detail_1>
I think I paid about $350 for my 4TB Samsung 990 Pro during black friday. I am definitely not complaining about the speed. And yes Dell's class is meaningless nonsense. Apparently a class 40 is a typical mainstream SSD. A class 50 would be a high performance one supposedly. -- Len Sorensen