[wellylug] USB Pen Drive

[Enkidu]

On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:41:37 +0200, you wrote:

>> Pen drive as a data drive.  The seem to vary in speed somewhat.  Any 
>> recommendations on which
>> brand of Pen drive USB2 might be better?  Looking for 256 Mb or perhaps 
>> greater.
>
>I recently bought a Kingston 128Mb after my Transcend broke (dropped it 
>many times :-).  They are really nice for many reasons.  They are nice 
>for testing your port speed - when you plug it in, the light is green if 
>the port is USB 1 / 1.1 and orange if it is USB 2.  They also have a 
>  5 year warranty (not sure if this is the same in NZ? - I'm in South 
>Africa).  I hope you can get them there.
>
I had a Kingston (256MB, USB 1.1) which survived going through the
wash. I currently have a Belkin (128MB, USB2) which is quite nice but
a little small. I'm always filling it up. eg it won't take a Windows
SP so I have to burn it to a CD....

Incidentally it's nice to see PC manufacturers putting the USB slots
on the front or accessible on the sides of new PCs. 

Cheers,

Cliff