[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[Jim]

That sounds like a surprisingly long time..  are you using USB 1.1 or USB 2?

"You can transfer data between the computer and peripherals 40 times 
faster than original USB. Hi-Speed USB technology offers transfer rates 
up to 480Mbps (megabits per second) compared to USB 1.1 devices, which 
transfer at speeds of 12Mbps. For example, it would take 1.1 minutes to 
download a 100 MB file with USB 1.1 devices in a sustained, optimal 
condition, while with USB 2.0 it only takes 1.6 seconds to transfer the 
same file."

USB 1.1 - the slowest - runs at up to 1.5MB/s so in a perfect world your 
file should have taken 600 seconds or 10 minutes, not an hour. Of course 
it's not a perfect world and fragmented files, slow drives, etc etc can 
all affect performance. But 6 times slower is not good!

Is there any information on the speed of the memory device itself on the 
packaging? I would certainly suggest that anyone buying such a device 
makes sure that it supports USB 2.

And you might not get 860MB on a CD ... ;-)

Jim



John Case wrote:
> Just purchased a 2 GB USB drive (Dane Electric) from 7dayshop for  
> £9.99 plus P&P.
>
> It works fine for loading and transferring pictures, but executable  
> slide shows (10 shows, 860 MB) took one hour to load and each show  
> took about a minute to start playing after double clicking. Not long,  
> one might say, but can seem like an eternity when you have an  
> audience waiting for something to happen!
>
> The quality was excellent and the sequences played without any  
> problems, but I think I will stick to CD's for audio visual  
> presentations.
>
> My only other criticism is that the thing is so incredibly small it  
> can easily get lost!!
>
> John
>
>
> On 24 Feb 2007, at 10:22, Patrick Neave wrote:
>
>   
>> PicStop are doing some really cheap USB drives at the moment, £5 for
>> a 1G drive is a bargain (mine cost about £35 a year ago!). 2G is less
>> than £10.
>>
>> Does anyone use PicStop/7DayShop or any of the others for printer
>> carts/memory etc. I am wondering whether it is worth putting an
>> affiliate link on our website.
>>
>> www.picstop.co.uk
>>
>> Patrick
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