[nwbcc] Cheap USB drives
Jim
jimgilligan at blueyonder.co.uk
Sat Feb 24 18:06:41 GMT 2007
It's the smell of Apples, isn't it? I like that smell!
Actually, on second thoughts, OSX supports FAT and FAT32 I think (not
too hot on Apple OS support) so it might just be the drive was sold
unformatted. Lots are, but most are pre-formatted.
Cheers,
Jim
Ray Cottrell wrote:
> 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
>
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