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		donmcronald on April 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On WD Red NAS Drives I wonder if they have a bunch of binned trash and pushing it into the lower end consumer spaces is a way to get rid of it.

kasabali on April 22, 2020 [–]

I wish they were. They're actively pursuing it while discontinuing CMR. 5 years ago 1TB CMR laptop drives were abundant. Nowadays you'd be hard pressed to find a non-SMR one.

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