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Jun 22, 2023 7:06 AM
2TB Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive
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Quick math puts your endeavor at $8-9k, or more. but if it's a work expense then it's funny money... If not, then time to get some impulse control...
Adobe wanted to turn people into renters because they knew they really didn't have enough new and compelling stuff to offer for new release. They also wanted to normalize their income stream regardless of what they did. Now they bilk, ooops, i meant "milk" people constantly (i.e., forever). Unfortunately it worked and lot of people signed up and those people will pay far more than they would have previously, and now have a parasite attached.
I can still go back and use old software and suites without paying adobe, and not worry about making a payment or losing access to my files.
PS- this is Microsoft's plan too. You will rent their garbage...... (Win 11 is dog feces).
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What sucks is over the pandemic I got carried away buying 980 Pros. I currently have over 40 2-TB 980 Pros (not counting the 850xs) I was using them for all-flash VMFS volumes on my VMWare home lab clusters. Then came the early wear firmware issue. I literally had to pull all the drives one by one and flash them in another system. Because I had the drives in Highpoint RAID cards, which won't let you update the firmware. Now these are less than half what I paid for them.
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What sucks is over the pandemic I got carried away buying 980 Pros. I currently have over 40 2-TB 980 Pros (not counting the 850xs) I was using them for all-flash VMFS volumes on my VMWare home lab clusters. Then came the early wear firmware issue. I literally had to pull all the drives one by one and flash them in another system. Because I had the drives in Highpoint RAID cards, which won't let you update the firmware. Now these are less than half what I paid for them.
Quick math puts your endeavor at $8-9k, or more. but if it's a work expense then it's funny money... If not, then time to get some impulse control...
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I did this, registering multiple Samsung SSD's a couple months ago while this promo was still live. Verified they were eligible, never got my Adobe Cloud subscription code. No response from Samsung either. Not a huge deal, but if you're counting on that extra $20 benefit, it might not happen.
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WIth that said -- how well do these work as externals? What types of speeds are possible over USB-C? And is there a recommended external case for them?? This price is crazy and half of what I paid for mine (2 of them!) a couple months ago
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I did this, registering multiple Samsung SSD's a couple months ago while this promo was still live. Verified they were eligible, never got my Adobe Cloud subscription code. No response from Samsung either. Not a huge deal, but if you're counting on that extra $20 benefit, it might not happen.
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WIth that said -- how well do these work as externals? What types of speeds are possible over USB-C? And is there a recommended external case for them?? This price is crazy and half of what I paid for mine (2 of them!) a couple months ago
Adobe wanted to turn people into renters because they knew they really didn't have enough new and compelling stuff to offer for new release. They also wanted to normalize their income stream regardless of what they did. Now they bilk, ooops, i meant "milk" people constantly (i.e., forever). Unfortunately it worked and lot of people signed up and those people will pay far more than they would have previously, and now have a parasite attached.
I can still go back and use old software and suites without paying adobe, and not worry about making a payment or losing access to my files.
PS- this is Microsoft's plan too. You will rent their garbage...... (Win 11 is dog feces).
Adobe wanted to turn people into renters because they knew they really didn't have enough new and compelling stuff to offer for new release. They also wanted to normalize their income stream regardless of what they did. Now they bilk, ooops, i meant "milk" people constantly (i.e., forever). Unfortunately it worked and lot of people signed up and those people will pay far more than they would have previously, and now have a parasite attached.
I can still go back and use old software and suites without paying adobe, and not worry about making a payment or losing access to my files.
PS- this is Microsoft's plan too. You will rent their garbage...... (Win 11 is dog feces).
I paid something like $600 for CS6, I've bought every single version/upgrade of Lightroom until they stopped making it.. and both still work! I stuck with them for the longest time.
But then I realized.. $10/month, for photoshop and lightroom, with all the upgrades?? That's hard to pass on. Especially at $79/year when on sale.
The new AI stuff? the faster speed? there are a lot of features I "didn't need!" and never upgraded for.. but after signing up again recently? I'm really liking it.
Almost everyone is doing the subscription model now, including the plugins for these things. The photoshop plugins from 3rd parties are actually more expensive than Photoshop itself.
I hated what Adobe was doing.. but I can't hate it anymore. That $600 I spent on CS6 in 2012.. plus the 5-6 upgrades of Lightroom (easily another $600) would've cost me $869 (at $79/year) through creative cloud, and I'd have gotten upgrades all along the way.
My CS6 still works.. But it's hard to go back to after using the newest versions.
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I did this, registering multiple Samsung SSD's a couple months ago while this promo was still live. Verified they were eligible, never got my Adobe Cloud subscription code. No response from Samsung either. Not a huge deal, but if you're counting on that extra $20 benefit, it might not happen.
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WIth that said -- how well do these work as externals? What types of speeds are possible over USB-C? And is there a recommended external case for them?? This price is crazy and half of what I paid for mine (2 of them!) a couple months ago
I can see how $80 is more appealing though. The problem is what if you want to take a break (travel, etc.) you can't pause the subscription, and if your time runs out, you're flat out of luck. It's either "reattach the parasite" or go without and I've never been a fan of parasites. It's the "you're files are now worthless" part that really gets to me. However, having the software I can still open work from 2004 if I like without paying Adobe....
Will I ever pay them? I won't say never, but I've got Affinity software and while I don't know how to use it at the same level as photoshop, it may be a long time answer. Too soon to tell.
WIth that said -- how well do these work as externals? What types of speeds are possible over USB-C? And is there a recommended external case for them?? This price is crazy and half of what I paid for mine (2 of them!) a couple months ago
Over USB C, I am getting write speeds of 2108.2 mbs/s with reads of 2064.0 mbs/s.
These speeds are with a generic USB 4 external enclosure
I can see how $80 is more appealing though. The problem is what if you want to take a break (travel, etc.) you can't pause the subscription, and if your time runs out, you're flat out of luck. It's either "reattach the parasite" or go without and I've never been a fan of parasites. It's the "you're files are now worthless" part that really gets to me. However, having the software I can still open work from 2004 if I like without paying Adobe....
Will I ever pay them? I won't say never, but I've got Affinity software and while I don't know how to use it at the same level as photoshop, it may be a long time answer. Too soon to tell.
Capture One had a 50%off promotion a month ago, so I bought the "permanent version". Runs really well. While I may not have the latest and greatest at all times, this should keep me going for a few years. Just have to update Topaz and On1 plugins from time to time. Capture One seems to render the colors more accurately.
Capture One had a 50%off promotion a month ago, so I bought the "permanent version". Runs really well. While I may not have the latest and greatest at all times, this should keep me going for a few years. Just have to update Topaz and On1 plugins from time to time. Capture One seems to render the colors more accurately.
I used to use Capture 1 too. When I bought my first Sony (I was primarily a Canon shooter at the time) they had a deal to get it for next to nothing. I bought it, and then went through at least 4 upgrades but I backed off because I was traveling so much and what I was doing at the time my old PS did what I wanted it to do.
That said, C1 was a pretty good base for images, and I understand moving to it and cutting ties with Adobe (I like Adobe's software, just don't like the company too much anymore).
BTW - I always hated Adobe's "you have to pay for a new version if you buy a new camera" routine. Talk about pirates.... I guess that's gone now, but they still get you.....
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