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[Nvyseal]

images/news/hardware.jpgWell we all know that SSD drives are durable, but just how durable are they? That is a question Samsung wanted to answer, so they dropped one from the roof of their building in San Jose California. Check out the video below to see what happens.

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[m.oreilly]

good. next time i throw the rig out the window, i'll make sure i put some of these in first...

[highlander]

Hmmm..............................

First: There is no way to know that that is the only hard drive on the system.
Second: The system appeared to be on standby.... So even if it was the only drive, I would assume that the whole drive would not become faulty
Third: why the: Don't try this at home? If you are so confident! Hey.. why not, it still has warranty
Fourth: I want prices to drop as fast as that one did and hit the ground like that.

I have a sandisk on my car keys and they are durable.. No doubt. I have submerged them in oatmeal (accident) then water to clean it up and worked FLAWLESSLY.

We'll see.

[Christopholofigus]

scaramonga, on Oct 1 2008, 11:49 AM, said:

No surprise there really as there is not much to damage? No moving parts, so I guess it just depends on how well the outer shell casing is manufactured, thickness/strength etc.

A decent casing fitted, and you could probably drop it off the Empire State Building and get the same results

Ok, who wants to shell out the $$ and build said system and toss it off the Empire State Building??? LOL