Here is something many people would probably love to do at home, even if just for audacity's sake, but it looks like it can actually be pulled off and still leave the SSD in working condition.
A couple of people fried and egg, live, on TV.
Normally, this wouldn't mean much, but then comes the part where a solid state drive was used instead of a frying pan.
And that's not all. In order to make sure the egg was at least mildly well cooked, the people on the set used a flamethrower (well, fire spray really) on it, and this was after that very fire spray was applied directly to the drive to heat it up.
Watch the
video below to bask in the glory of Kingston's SSD booting the Windows operating system as if nothing had happened.
The drive was taken out of a laptop that had been running it up to that point.
After that, in order to make sure that the SSD was hot enough for the egg to start sizzling and turn white immediately, drastic measures were taken.
Note how the man spends quite some time subjecting that poor, defenseless storage unit to the blue flames. Live.
After the egg was cracked and spilled on top of the small item, some extra flames were brought down upon it and the drive beneath it.
Alas, the egg didn't turn out overcooked, but it was enough to prove a point once the SSD was put back inside the laptop and worked as though all was right in the world.
If anything, this proves just how sturdy solid state drives are and makes for an interesting means of advertising.
However, ultimately, only rugged notebooks and tablets will actually pay attention to the physical toughness of the units, since desktops and most notebooks don't get dropped or smashed often enough for this feature to be relevant. SSDs are still a lot faster than HDDs though, so they can help in any case.
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