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Old 02-15-2019, 11:55 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd View Post
Yup, this.

Beware though, I remember reading an article on a tech site where an industry insider admitted to a tech journalist that the eMMC storage (usually 32-64GB) used by some manufacturers on cheap tablets, netbooks and laptops aren't particularly long-lived (write endurance). They'll last for the duration of the 1-year warranty. After the warranty period, they're not the manufacturers' problem anymore.
That may be the case with some eMMC components, but not all. My Dell Venue 8 Pro is some 5 years old now and is still working well.
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