Toshiba Canvio Basics Portable External USB 3.0 Hard Drive | 1TB for $39.99, 2TB for $51.99, 4TB for $79.99 + Free Shipping

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04-02-2021 at 02:08 AM #2

Good storage for mac m1v

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04-02-2021 at 05:23 AM #4

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Are these ssds inside?

At that price, not a chance.

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04-02-2021 at 06:22 AM #5

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Are these ssds inside?

No. The Newegg sale price for them should be a dead giveaway that they're not SSD drives.

One major negative with these Toshiba Canvio Basic drives is the 1 year warranty. WD and Seagate portable drives typically have 2 or 3 year warranties.

If one is shopping purely on a per TB price then Costco Seagate 5TB portable drive is slightly better at $18 per TB compared to this Toshiba 4TB portable drive at $20 per TB.

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04-02-2021 at 06:58 AM #6

I bought one of these a few years ago for storage on my Raspberry Pi media center and it's been steady as a rock. Not the fastest but it's a platter drive so that figures.

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04-02-2021 at 08:02 AM #7

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I bought one of these a few years ago for storage on my Raspberry Pi media center and it's been steady as a rock. Not the fastest but it's a platter drive so that figures.

I didn't think a Pi would power this. That's pretty cool.

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04-02-2021 at 09:41 AM #8

Might as well get the 5tb from Costco(same price per tb), better warranty and return policy. Hate Newegg

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04-02-2021 at 10:14 AM #9

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Might as well get the 5tb from Costco(same price per tb), better warranty and return policy. Hate Newegg

Not quite the same price per TB. The Costco Seagate 5TB portable for $89.99 is $2 cheaper per TB than the Newegg 4TB Toshiba portable is at $79.99.

Seagate $18 per TB, Toshiba $20 per TB.

Note that the Costco Seagate deal is only good through 4/4/21.

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04-02-2021 at 12:02 PM #10

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Are these ssds inside?

Spinning Plates....

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04-02-2021 at 12:18 PM #11

Will theses work on Ps5 and Xbox series x

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04-02-2021 at 12:39 PM #12

So, odd question: would these be faster than a WD My book 12tb? I have one of these and MAN is it slow...

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04-02-2021 at 12:40 PM #13

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Will theses work on Ps5 and Xbox series x

Yup they work on a ps5 but currently only last gen and older games are allowed to save and read from the external storage.

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04-02-2021 at 01:00 PM #14

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Are these ssds inside?

It says HARD DRIVE right in the title...

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04-02-2021 at 04:07 PM #15

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Not quite the same price per TB. The Costco Seagate 5TB portable for $89.99 is $2 cheaper per TB than the Newegg 4TB Toshiba portable is at $79.99.

Seagate $18 per TB, Toshiba $20 per TB.

Note that the Costco Seagate deal is only good through 4/4/21.

If the BB deal is still going for the WD 5TB @ $95 I would go with that instead of the Seagate drive. I have three WD portables (2 1TB, 1 2TB) and also have a 4 TB Seagate and even though I have the WD drives longer the Seagate drive is already dying on me (hoping that it's still under warranty). So far all the drives I have that have died on me are Seagates and Samsungs. My WDs are still working - even my 40GB drive. Yes, my experience is anecdotal but I've been working with computers since the early 90's (used to work for a PC clone company that assembles PCs) and Seagate has been the worst among today's existing manufacturer.

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