[slantyyz]

I bought a 1TB Samsung 840 Evo in September 2013, and it just died last month. So it was in operation for around 5 years.

I used it for development type stuff. It outlasted the 2011 MBP I bought it for. In fact, I ran it on 3 different computers during its life span.

Overall, I'm pretty happy that it got the 5 years. With spindles, I prefer to replace them every 2 years to avoid headaches.