Not good news:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...r-good-reviews
Not good news:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1...r-good-reviews
So much for both companies being respected brands... I nearly bought a kingston SSD a few weeks ago, but as luck turned out (after reading this) I am glad I did not.
http://forums.hexus.net/storage/3245...hing-ssds.html
Not heard much bout it since I read that though :/
Kingston memory sells on their reputation and trust in the products, and this sort of thing could be highly damaging to their core business. I wonder whether the decision to downgrade came from the top or happened within the storage division (or even the factory)?
I don't think the switch was intentional. Just something that they had to do in order to maintain the current price point. Kingston should have at least told consumers considering the switch did noticeably drop performance. I haven't seen any data for the new controllers in PNY drives so i cant make a judgement there.
I wonder how many other brands follow this procedure one their products have gather great reviews online.
Got to agree on that. I am working for a UK manufacturer making un-disclosed products and the practices we are using on production level sometimes are quite shocking (I know because I have to pass on those ordersthus contribute willingly to the devaluation of the UK manufacturing quality), but the management does it happily even just to save a penny. Literally save a penny (apparently it adds up but not even 1000x cuts can compensate for even one useless pencil pushers in the office. Sadly...).
This is not a fair thing to do. If they wanted to use inferior parts, why not release a new model using these parts? Then the customer can decide if they want it or not.
Pretty common in all countries.
Had coloured LEDs in a product swapped for all red ones because they were cheaper. No involvement from engineering in the process, the buyers decided the parts were equivalent. Made customer support almost impossible if you couldn't say "is the blue LED on".
Had no idea about this, those crooks! staying right away now.
It's a shame that two great companies would stoop so low just to raise their profit margins even higher at the cost of their reputation. I also nearly bought a Kingston SSD but will now go for a Crucial one instead.
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