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Samsung SSD takes a three story plunge, survives to boot again

Published Oct 1st, 2008 3:12AM EDT
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Advertised as being able to take abuse, Samsung put one of their SSD hard drives to the test by tossing one over the edge of a 3-story building. Landing with a giant bounce, they retrieved the hard drive, popped it into a laptop, and booted it, seemingly undamaged by its fall. Impressive there Samsung, but to really satisfy our craving for gadget abuse, we would have loved to have seen a spinning platter HDD subject to the same drop test. Care to film it again and show us how that would fare after taking a similar plunge? You know, something with drop detection…

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