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Even if they were aiming for low cost, I wouldn't blame them for marketing the thing as high performance given that it's currently #1.



sure, everyone knows that companies will spin things however they can (although i don't understand why some people - particularly americans - seem so fond of pointing this out; it's hardly the most positive aspect of capitalism).

but the review could have been a little more questioning. why not compare it to writing compressed data on an existing drive?

(and i'm sure i don't need to point out, to a connoisseur of free markets like yourself, that although they make a living convincing people to buy the latest product, and so work hand in glove with the manufacturers, they also have to compete for readers by reputation, which requires some level of integrity)




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