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So relatively new deck owner.

Got a deal on a regular Deck for pretty cheap. I didn’t opt for the 1TB SSD or anything like that.

I know that it’s a pretty easy hardware replacement for the SSD or the SD card.

I just have a couple questions:

  1. Does the cloning process for the SSD require specialized tools?
  2. do you notice a huge performance improvement on SSD compared to SD card?
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[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

It’s really just a cost thing. 200 bucks for a 1 TB SSD or 170 for a 1 TB SD card.

[–] rollerbang@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Nah, performance diff is there, for sure. It depends on your use case.

I've also got both, a 1 TB SSD and 512 MB uSD.