The Samsung T9 is our favorite portable SSD ever — and it's down to $240 at Amazon
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A 2TB, 2,000MB/s portable SSD at $240 keeps collapsing the friction to move and locally cache large datasets and model artifacts. For small teams, this makes “sneakernet” and edge experimentation more viable than ever alongside cloud workflows.
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