[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives

[Ray Cottrell]

The Mac Factor?

Something smells here. Open the Windows someone!

Ray

On 24 Feb 2007, at 16:40, Jim wrote:

>  I suspect it's the Mac factor. Flash drives usually come 
> pre-formatted for PC FAT or FAT32. To run on a Mac I suspect it 
> reformats first time through and that could take some time.
>
>  Glad it's working to spec now!
>
>  Jim
>
>  John Case wrote:Yes, it was the first transfer. Have now transfered 
> the sequences to the drive again (having erased the first lot in Mac 
> Disc Utility ). It took 3 minutes this time!! Some difference!!
>>
>> Furthermore the shows started immediately when I clicked on them, 
>> with excellent quality. What happened the first time is a mystery.
>>
>> Many thanks for your advice Jim.
>>
>> John   
>>
>>
>> On 24 Feb 2007, at 15:18, Jim wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  There is no obvious reason I can think for a x20 difference in 
>>> speed. Fragmentation of the files is possible, but would be true of 
>>> your mixed files too and x20 seems a ridiculous level of 
>>> degradation. Is it possible there was a poor connection or some 
>>> other similar physical problem first time you tried? Was the 
>>> transfer of the slide show the FIRST transfer you had attempted onto 
>>> the drive? Have you tried the presentation transfer again?
>>>
>>>  Mmmm !!!???
>>>  Jim
>>>
>>>  John Case wrote: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:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>>> Patrick Neave
>>>>>>> www.nwbcc.org.uk
>>>>>>> patrick at nwbcc.org.uk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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