Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Replacements Planned

Re:Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Re... by MrStonedOne on Saturday January 16, 2021 @07:13PM (#25806798)

I don't think it's wise from a long term public good/civic good point of view for consumers to give any sort of apologetic consideration to the business reasons for consumer unfriendly moves.

The moment capitalism becomes an excuse for capitalism crony capitalism becomes inevitable.

The evils of market segmentation and to a broader degree "value-add" should not be legitimized.

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Re:Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Re... by wmf on Saturday January 16, 2021 @08:21PM (#25807169)

Arguably consumer Optane was a very expensive placebo and thus canceling it is consumer friendly.

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Re:Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Re... by tryptophan on Saturday January 16, 2021 @10:03PM (#25807683)

Agreed. I have one of those fancy 32gb optane boost drives that supposedly does smart caching.

Can't really tell a difference in performance regardless of whether it is activated or not.

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Re:Intel Kills Off All Optane-Only SSDs for Consumers, No Re... by d_silin on Saturday January 16, 2021 @07:30PM (#25806910)

Capitalism is neither good or evil, it is a neutral force that can be leveraged for both. I don't want to offer excuses, but rather find explanations. Imagine you are the CEO of Intel (or VP of that business unit) - what would you do in their shoes?

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