1080p standard needs to stop.

[Justagamer]

sabvre42 said:

Justagamer said:

You know what's funny?

You're acting like you have to buy some Microsoft branded HDD for the x1. Sorry, but you can plug in any brand you want, I'm not even sure there is an xbox branded one, and if there is, who cares, you get whatever you want. 

Even a pure ssd one.

Not an internal one.  Go ahead and use any external drive you want, but that doesn't cause the same performance gains you seem to think it does.

API calls, OS calls, background processes, etc are all loaded off the OS install. The OS install is NOT on your external hard drive. If you want to see true performance gains outside of load times -- it needs to be an internal drive. Sorry.

CORRECTION: I guess i did buy a 5600rpm 18 months ago. 7200rpm SSHD 2.5" drives are quite a bit more expensive.

You are right about an internal hard drive replacement would be best. I think ms was stupid for not making that a design feature.

 But, the link Azzanation provided about the performance gains were about fallout 4, the game. Not os improvements or anything, just game performance improvements.

An external hard drive gave the game a performance improvement. That's the point. 

 A non xbox branded hard drive will improve game performance.

Anyone can get whatever external hard drive they want, without your supposed Microsoft price gouging. Is it the ideal method? Maybe not. But it's a performance upgrade nonetheless.