[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[John Case]

Yes, the flash drive is described as USB 2.0, high speed (110X) and I  
plugged in to a USB 2 port on a MacBook.

I have just experimented and transfered 812 MB of mixed files to the  
flash drive. It took 3 minutes.

Obviously presentations consisting of pictures, transitions, audio  
with instructions to the computer how to play them, are a very  
different. As you say, Jim they need to be transfered to the computer  
beforehand. In fact I keep my audio/visual presentations on my  
laptop, they are not taking up a massive amount of hard disc space,  
less than 1GB.

John


On 24 Feb 2007, at 13:04, Jim wrote:

> I've just transferred 500MB, 2,200 mixed files across a USB 1.1  
> connection (very slow) to my ScanDisk 1GB memory stick in 12  
> minutes. That should be a worst case, I think. If you have another  
> memory stick, why not see how fast it runs in comparison? There  
> could be a problem with the drive itself and massive error  
> correction could be yet another reason for the slow speed.
>
> One other thing - I would always recommend transferring your  
> presentations from a memory stick to the target computer's hard  
> drive in advance of the presentation (assuming this 1 hour xfer is  
> an exception...)
>
> 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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