Once go SSD, there is no turning back to HDD

 I use back the old HDD as my SSD got damage due to the SATAFIRM S11 issue. Using the old model HDD is very testing my patient. A lot of time, windows will go hang when the browser is downloading huge files or when you are doing files transfer. The whole computer seem like going on a stall mode where you cannot do anything.

Third time is the charm? Samsung 860 EVO SSD 250GB

 

Within 3 years time, I have burn out two same model SSD, Kingston A400 240G. Both encounter the "SATAFIRM S11". So I tried to test another brand which is Samsung 860 EVO 250G SSD. I'm not sure when this SSD will die out but one can only wait and see.

Current Active Gadget 25-04-2021

My current active gadget:

Samsung Galaxy M31 as daily drive - USB Type-C

Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 for casual usage - Micro USB

Samsung Fit2 band - Proprietary Charger 

HP Laptop for office usage - Proprietary Charger 

Desktop Computer for daily usage 

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 with S-Pen 2019 as basic tablet usage - USB Type-C

Retired Gadget on 24-02-2021

Today I retired 2 Apple gadgets, iPad 3 and iPhone 4s for the moment to clear my mind for a while.

Too many active gadget make me felt like too many things need to engage but not enough time. 

My plan is to de-activate these two for 3 months.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 8 with S-Pen 2019

 Today is the expiry date for my device warranty. 

It has been a year since I bought this device. I feel like I have underuse this device. The reason I bought this device is due to my previous phone has damage and it has store warranty which allow me to claim store cash voucher. I use it to purchase this as there is no other phone that I want at that time. 

Microsoft Whiteboard

Since OneNote not suit my need, I found another software by Microsoft which is Microsoft Whiteboard. It has similar features as OneNote which make me think it is strip down feature of OneNote. 

Currently the software only available in Desktop installed from Microsoft Store and iOS. Still no news when it will available for Android.

As the name suggested, it is more on the drawing then note taking which is what I want. I can open the whiteboard across devices using my account but I wasn't able to find where the file is stored at.

The structure is very simple. It use whiteboard concept similar with Google Jamboard but Jamboard has terrible pen writing smoothness. 

For now I will keep using it until it prompt some tricky issue that might force me give up the software like OneNotes did.

OneNote by Microsoft

OneNote is a note taking software from Microsoft. It was suppose to be the top of its field with its free to use and rich features. But too bad the software suffer from the Microsoft's curse. If it has potential of being good, they will destroy it from their own side.

The major issue I have with the software is it's file size. If you insert any images to the page, your file size will still consider holding the image size even you already delete the image. This will rapidly increase your note file size to a very huge size and subsequently cause the synchronization of the file hit error.

This bug has been reported since 2014 but until now Microsoft won't admit it or fix it.

Another issue is the synchronization of the file, if you using it in multiple devices, you will hit the synch error especially if you delete a pages or section from other devices. Your only solution is to close the notebook and reopen again to fix it.

The so-called multi devices cross platform is terrible also. Each feature in different has different feature being removed and there is no specific date when these features will be added.

This software really have potentials but too bad it was Microsoft that kill it.