Hi, Paul.
Since it is "early days" for such things, you'll find some variation from
product to product. For $200, you can find one with a better balance
between read and write. But really, does anyone buy $200 USB sticks ? How
loud a curse word would you need to shout, if it broke ?
That's why
I'd look for something a little cheaper. So I wouldn't be quite as upset
when it breaks.
Well, in the "early days" for flash drives, I bought one in January 2003 for
$108 at Office Depot. It was BIG! 128 MB! And that was USB 1, of course.
And it DID break - but I snapped the case back together and kept using it
for a few years. Except for the connector and case, the functional parts of
those drives are quite durable, almost indestructible. They basically are
just a solid chunk of hard plastic with RAM inside - I think.
RC
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"Paul" wrote in message
Peter said:
I use them as mini drives, and I would prefer to just leave them in
their computer sockets. I notice they warm up a bit and their
indicator light stays on. Is this OK?
Also, are there special thumb drives for USB3 sockets?
I have Windows 7 SP1
Peter
With no technical basis for the comments, I
1) Leave my USB to RS232 adapters plugged in permanently. They're
even powered while the computer sleeps, with the LEDs lit up.
This doesn't bother me a bit.
2) USB flash, I always unplug them. Even though it eventually leads
to the connector getting a bit loose, or risking cracking the
solder joints where the connector meets the PCB. For me, it's
all a matter of how trustworthy the hardware design is. I guess
I just don't trust them
*******
You can get USB3 thumb drives. This looks cheap enough, to use
as a test case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211521
Read Speed up to 68MB/s
Write Speed up to 18MB/s
Since it is "early days" for such things, you'll find some
variation from product to product. For $200, you can find one
with a better balance between read and write. But really, does
anyone buy $200 USB sticks ? How loud a curse word would you need
to shout, if it broke ?
That's why I'd look for something
a little cheaper. So I wouldn't be quite as upset when it breaks.
For $200, you could likely find a nice SSD. And then, go looking
for a packaging solution for it. For example, you could jam an
SSD into this dock, and make a fast external flash solution.
So far, the best quoted result with the dock, is 130MB/sec.
You could try putting a 200MB/sec+ SSD in it, and "see what
it's got".
ineo I-NA317U-Plus USB3 Dock
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817620014
http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/SKUimages/enhanced/I15-1022-call05-jfwd.jpg
HTH,
Paul
