Intel Adds Return Addresses to SSD Labels
By - Source: Tom's Hardware US
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Intel announced a slight revision to its 520, 525 and DC S3700 series SSDs.
The company said that it has added its return address to the product labels in order to comply with new regulatory requirements in the U.S. The company said that it will aim to deplete its old product inventory, but noted that there is a chance that customers will be receiving a mixed inventory of pre- and post-conversion SSDs.
The return address for Intel's SSDs is:
Intel Corporation
Attn: Corporate Quality
2200 Mission College Blvd
Santa Clara, CA 95054-1549
The affected SSDs are:
Series 520: 60 GB, 120 GB, 180 GB, 240 GB, 480 GB
Series 525: 120 GB
series DC S3700: 100 GB, 200 GB, 400 GB, 800 GB
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Bad grammar and spelling reduces the credibility of your negative comment.
Why did you not include some background info on this law explaining it's goal / purpose... and you'd have an informative article.
As it stands it provides information that are meaningless to consumers of these SSDs.
It's not like you will find something interesting on the newspaper every single day(maybe besides the comic section).
Bad grammar and spelling reduces the credibility of your negative comment.
It's not like you will find something interesting on the newspaper every single day(maybe besides the comic section).
Why did you not include some background info on this law explaining it's goal / purpose... and you'd have an informative article.
As it stands it provides information that are meaningless to consumers of these SSDs.
Actually it's to comply with EU regulations. Intel doesn't specify what regulation, my guess is it has to do something with E-Waste.
On a more serious note, what moronic governing body passed this requirement law and why? Thanks for wasting my tax dollars and screwing up my future, grumpy old men.
The capacity for "do-gooders" to heap more and more regulations on people and industry is limitless. Passing new laws and regulations justifies their existence (in their own little minds). To paraphrase an old adage, Government hates a regulatory vacuum. Passing laws for the sake of passing laws (and restricting freedom).
edit: I wonder how long until someone tries it ...
I would like to see the reasoning behind doing this. Surely this is a side effect of some other thing. Who could possibly think "let's make SSD manufacturer's put addresses on their items. Although I could see having a requirement for any product to have the company's address included somewhere in the packaging, putting it on the product seems odd.
It's the drug (hippy) generation running the country. It's only going to get worse.