stackyFACTSThe cheap promotional stick you got for free is just a dramatically inferior solid state drive.
The cheap promotional stick you got for free is just a dramatically inferior solid state drive. Both use exact same flash storage components to trap electrical charges in a non-volatile state. However, thumb drives utilize incredibly cheap, low-grade controller chips that lack the speed and longevity of a true internal drive. They are the fragile, disposable cousins of the drive actually running your operating system.
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