Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your primary machine?

Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by jusssi on Thursday October 05, 2017 @07:33AM (#15408301)

Also, in my anecdotal experience, the most common failure mode of an USB stick seems to be going completely dead without any prior warning. So regular backups, definitely.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by jcun4128 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @07:47AM (#15408350)

Yeah that sucks. I did read that the constant/read write does decrease life, maybe that was specific to SD cards but probably applies to USB as well.

I don't know... one of those things where you think too much about it... like what about general consumers with a password on their Windows/Mac computer... is that "secure"? I don't know.

You could potentially access that hard drive by taking it apart assuming it wasn't a soldered on storage device.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by keshet on Thursday October 05, 2017 @08:13AM (#15408477)

All flash-based memory devices have a limited number of write/erase cycles. Internal flash memories have more sophisticated strategies to extend memory life but they all rely on having spare memory available. Try not to go past 80% usage.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: Do you use a Chromebook or Pixelbook as your prim... by jcun4128 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @09:01AM (#15408770)

Thanks for the tip. Probably should have bought a larger USB 3.0 than 32GB, the Ultra Fits are nice by San Disk checked read/write pretty good (have numbers if needed)

[ Parent | on HN ]