Pros:
1. Fast enough to edit photos from
2. Very small and light
3. Included cord has held up well
Cons:
1. Read/Write speed not quite as fast as advertised
A little background about me:
I'm a college student working as a photographer about 35 hours per week, and I shoot 3000-4000 images in a normal month. If I travel somewhere cool, the monthly shutter count can be closer to 6000. Needless to say, I'm in constant need of storage space, especially since MacBook disk space is so precious (mine has the 250GB drive).
I have a WD MyBook 4TB drive that sits on my desk at school, and it's pretty fast and very reliable. However, I have two problems with it:
1. It sits on my desk (external power adapter)
2. It's fast, but not fast enough to edit from (easily)
This PNY Elite SSD solves both of those problems! I use Lightroom to import photos from my SD card to the SSD, and it really is as fast as advertised! Several GBs of photos in a matter of seconds. The write speed is plenty fast enough so that Lightroom/Photoshop editing is not laggy, which was my main concern with any external drive. Like I mentioned, the WD MyBook HDD just wasn't fast enough, so that in order to maintain my sanity, I had to import photos to my internal drive, edit, export, and then transfer the files to the external hard drive. Then, I couldn't keep the photos with me. Now, I import directly to this SSD, edit and export, and put the drive in my backpack! It's small and light enough to actually let dangle by the cord without any worry of damaging the USB port of the laptop or the drive. Also, it's built super-solidly, and I'd have no reservations about carrying it in my pocket at all. I've had this thing for a few months now, and the port on the device has not loosened significantly, which is a problem I've experienced with other drives.
All in all, I'm happy to recommend the PNY Elite SSD to anyone needing a small, lightweight, blazingly fast storage solution!
| Hard Drive | 480 GB Solid State Drive |
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