Why doesn't everyone use these

Good SSD. If you are thinking about upgrading your mechanical drive, it is well worth it. This is a great product at a good price for a computer that needs an extra little punch of speed. Even if it is a quot;operating system onlyquot; drive for your computer, you will not be disappointed.

Makes a big difference compared to a hdd.

worked fine as a replacement for the old HDD

Win 10 installation of this SSD has a load time now of about 15 seconds, so much better than the old HDD performance.

Western Digital Blue 1TB SSD Review

A mere six months ago Western Digital made the bold move of purchasing SanDisk, one of the most recognized companies in the solid state storage market. Much like Toshiba's purchase of OCZ, this was done in an effort to reinvigorate their own solid state drive lineup.

WD Blue SSD 1TB Review

The WD SSD has finally making a debut in the SSD market, a year after the acquisition of manufacturer SanDisk back in October 2015. WD offers 2 series for its WD SSD as of now, the WD Blue and WD Green in the form of 2.5" SATA drives and M.2 drives.

Decent performance; Rich featured software with simple; clean user interface; 1-year complimentary data recovery service from Kroll Ontrack; Backed by 3-year limited warranty from WD

Package should have at least include the read/write speed of the SSD