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Got this on a great sale.
1-
I've noticed no metal or durable
materials on the drive.
2-
There's no status/activity light
that I've noticed.
4- The plastic
casing is exactly that...it's plastic, so don't expect it be feel
indestructible like many of the aluminum/stainless steel-cased flash drives
that are available on the market. The retractable USB head is a HUGE bonus,
adding to the overall small design of the product. I like the flash drive, it works and does what I need it
to do.
5- Additionally,
I seem to be averaging a 6.30MB/second data transfer rate...which is GREAT in
my opinion
6- I
own one PC (Windows XP Professional SP3), one Macbook Pro (OSX Snow Leopard)
and I use a Windows 7 (x64) PC at work, so I use this flash drive on all of
these systems and have never experienced any kind of compatibility issues. The
flash drive was immediately recognized/mounted on all three systems with no
problems whatsoever.
7-
This comes from an HP employee who
was being loyal by buying this HP product.
*NOTE*
For those that are constantly disappointed by the formatted size not being the advertised size, READ THIS!
Manufacturers calculate storage size differently than your computer or other software. Manufacturers will take the bulk size in bytes (b) or kilobytes (kb) and dive by an even factor of 10, such as 1,000 kb = 1 megabyte (mb). This accounts for the size differences noted.
For those that are constantly disappointed by the formatted size not being the advertised size, READ THIS!
Manufacturers calculate storage size differently than your computer or other software. Manufacturers will take the bulk size in bytes (b) or kilobytes (kb) and dive by an even factor of 10, such as 1,000 kb = 1 megabyte (mb). This accounts for the size differences noted.
Math:
Manufacturer:
32 GB = 32,000 MB = 32,000,000 KB = 32,000,000,000 B
32 GB = 32,000 MB = 32,000,000 KB = 32,000,000,000 B
Software/Consumer:
32,000,000,000 B = 31,250,000 KB = 30,517.58 MB = 29.80 GB
32,000,000,000 B = 31,250,000 KB = 30,517.58 MB = 29.80 GB
A manufacturer total of 32.00 GB
verses a consumer usable 29.80 GB.
I've yet to see a disk-media
manufacturer use consumer-side, usable-space math. Just remember this
difference when you notice that you're "missing" storage space.
Formatting the drive was a breeze
(since I wanted it formatted with a different file system than what it
originally shipped with...which I BELIEVE was the standard FAT file system)...
Conclusion: if you have important
data to store, please consider a much more sturdy design because this
particular thumbdrive is very sensitive.
Well even so, the
flash is nice to
have the song
file storage or
our favorite movies.
but because the price is cheap, it should be considered to have it as a complement to the computer
and data storage needs.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS PRODUCT :
Good price, very fast, Attractive design/portable, Large capacity/good size, Reliable, Retractable USB head, small
design, fast data transfer speeds,
SHORTAGE OF THIS PRODUCT :
cheaply made of all plastic, No activity light, not designed for daily use, Construction.
