Video: SSD Drops Three Storeys and Survives

The best part of this crash-test video for solid state drives is the nonchalance with which Samsung SSD marketing manager Steve Weinger tosses the unit off the roof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv2M4aIMc-8 The drive falls three storeys before smacking the asphalt, whereupon an engineer grabs it, straightens out the kinks and slides it into a notebook. Result? It […]

The best part of this crash-test video for solid state drives is the nonchalance with which Samsung SSD marketing manager Steve Weinger tosses the unit off the roof:

The drive falls three storeys before smacking the asphalt, whereupon an engineer grabs it, straightens out the kinks and slides it into a notebook. Result? It boots first time. Try that with a regular hard drive.

One obvious question remains: Will it blend?

Samsung SSD Drop Test Demo Video: 3 story fall and still boots [Slashgear via Boy Genius]