Originally posted by: Jawo
AFAIK its not a flash, its a mini hddlinky
Originally posted by: mindless1
Not so great, since they use more power, are not 100% shock resistant and have a far shorter lifespan. The power part is more of an issue if used in a mobile device rather than stationary (wall-AC-Powered) PC, but still present for you hackers out there who'd open it up for the drive.
Let's not forget larger, what good is a "portable" drive if it's big enough that you aren't likely to take it with you?
That doesn't make it a bad deal necessarily, it is a good price though you can get similar online for near enough to same price.
Originally posted by: Gundam... if you don't like the aesthetics of the casing a few years down the road, you can return it anytime you want
Originally posted by: azoomee
Are there good low prices on big USB drives -- <$60?
What's not portable about this? It's barely larger than a zippo lighter. I have the Emprex brand and it works great. The only drives smaller than than are flash drives.Let's not forget larger, what good is a "portable" drive if it's big enough that you aren't likely to take it with you?
You're not better off if you need to 4 or 5 GB of space. The price for the 4GB flash drives are still 250.00+ 4 GB Flash drivesOriginally posted by: mindless1
It "Could" be used, sure, but even so, you're still bettter off with a non-mechanical (real flash) USB drive because of all the aforementioned issues.
Originally posted by: esquared
What's not portable about this? It's barely larger than a zippo lighter. I have the Emprex brand and it works great. The only drives smaller than than are flash drives.Let's not forget larger, what good is a "portable" drive if it's big enough that you aren't likely to take it with you?
Originally posted by: esquared
You're not better off if you need to 4 or 5 GB of space. The price for the 4GB flash drives are still 250.00+ 4 GB Flash drivesOriginally posted by: mindless1
It "Could" be used, sure, but even so, you're still bettter off with a non-mechanical (real flash) USB drive because of all the aforementioned issues.
$69.99 for 4 GB of drive is the best price right now. I have both kinds of drives and each serves a purpose. It seems you are trying to talk people out of buying this drive. My drive has worked perfectly in every USB circustance. Especially my laptop. These drives should not have power issues because this is the kind of job they were designed for.
I have a different brand than this one (Emprex), but I get 7 to 8 MB/sec read/write with USB 2.0. I get the same read/write speeds as the flash based drives I own using HD Tach to measure.Originally posted by: jjsole
anyone know the R/W speeds on this 4gb drive?