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    Is this a legit X25-M?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by vinuneuro, Mar 11, 2012.

  1. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    Labeling looks unusual. Maybe refurbished?
     

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  2. Marecki_clf

    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    Picture are low resolution, try uploading something a bit bigger.
     
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  3. vinuneuro

    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    This is all I have from the ad. All X25-M's I've seen have the label on the front unlike this one. The Intel Inside sticker is unusual as well. I'll probably avoid this one because it smells funny.
     
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Yeah that doesn't quite look like an Intel X25-M SSD. The sticker on mine is same side as the swoosh. Of course they could have always changed packaging at some point. But I think Intel would use a printed Intel logo right on the case instead of a sticker.

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    HTWingNut, Mar 11, 2012
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  5. yknyong1

    yknyong1 Radiance with Radeon

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    This is likely fake. Intel always uses printed logos on G2. And the sticker is at the front.
     
    yknyong1, Mar 11, 2012
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  6. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Did a Google Image search... fwiw, here's a pic of an ADATA rebranded drive:

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    And a Kingston rebranded drive:

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    ... still fishy, but less fishy than I originally thought.
     
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  7. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It's pretty fishy, indeed. If you're thinking about buying it, I wouldn't.
     
    Greg, Mar 11, 2012
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    'Intel Inside' is in general for pc only(a marketing campaign thing) so i have my doubt about this thing.

    x25m is not intel inside but inside and out :)
     
    chimpanzee, Mar 11, 2012
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