Y-E DATA YD8U12 2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive ( PC / Mac )

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Summary: FASTEST floppy drive available
Review: 2X High Speed USB Floppy Disk Drive

The 2X USB Floppy Drive is the fastest of its kind. Double the speed of a normal floppy disk drive.

In my testing, I transferred a 1.3MB file in 32 seconds, versus 1:04 seconds for a SmartDisk Floppy drive. This floppy truly is 2x as fast!

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Summary: pleasant surprise
Review: I had heard of people having problems with this drive, so I was a little wary when it arrived, but I had no reason to be. It worked in true Plug-and-Play fashion with no problems whatsoever. The slim, lightweight design is perfectly suited to my laptop, it records fast enough that i don't sit there forever tapping my fingers, and does everything I require. Definitely worth the purchase.

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Summary: Good product
Review: Nothing fancy - does the job at a good price.

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Summary: A cautionary note to Mac users runniing Mac OS 10.3.5
Review: This drive certainly looks good--very light-weight, plug-and-play, powered through the USB cord itself, and thin enough to stash in even an iBook sleeve case. And it's reasonably priced. Unfortunately it doesn't work on my two G4 computers, both running Mac OS 10.3.5. My computers recognize the drive as being on the USB circuit (via System Profile), but the drive just won't mount. No drive icon on the desktop, no joy. I've tested the device by connectiing it directly to a powered USB hub and then connected it directly to each computer: it simply will not mount. The drive's LED lights up and the diskette whirs, but the drive's desktop icon never appears. I may have a faulty drive OR the drive may be incompatible with the drivers of Mac OS 10.3.5. I'll update this later if I ever find out.

One problem for ALL Mac users with USB keyboards: the drive does not get enough juice when plugged into the keyboard USB port; too bad since that's the logical port to use. At least I got a pop-up window alert about that.

The device would be terrific accessory for an iBook or PowerBook. But not until Y.E. Data can get this sucker to mount.

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Summary: great product!!
Review: works great and with speed!! no installation needed for Windows XP............like the small size, when not in use-store right on desk next to monitor!

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Summary: what else can you ask for???
Review: Works great. after all how difficult could it be to make a good floppy drive.
I was thinking of getting a used one, but this one is cheaper and gives peace of mind.

- compared it with sony external usb and found this one cheaper.
- very sturdy, dropped couple of times but it still works.
- very plug and play.
- never gave me a chance to complain.
- works comparaeable to my sony vaio integrated floopy drive