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Summary: Excellent Product!
Review: This product receieves a 5 for many reasons. I love the fact that it sits waiting at the bottom of my pocket for fast easy access. Beats emailing files back and forth big time! It cheap, its reliable... buy this item, you'll be VERY happy you did.
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Summary: Nothing can be easier than this!
Review: This could be James bond's gadget. Just plug it in. It will work as an removable drive in your pc. The most important thing of all is that it's cool to use!
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Summary: Great item..so handy!
Review: Makes storage of .jpegs and presentations so easy..so portable too.
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Summary: We have arrived at the future.
Review: I got this item yesterday and it worked perfectly for me. This gizmo solves the problem of how to transfer data between computers, like your computer at home and the one at your office. A floppy is basically useless nowadays, holding only 1.4 mega-bytes (MB). Back in the days when you only had a 10MB or 20MB hard drive, 1.4MB may have been a lot of space. But now that our hard drives are 40 giga-bytes (GB) or 60GB, 1.4MB is useless. So the next idea is to burn a CD, but that's problematic. They take 10s of minutes to burn, many computers still do not have a CD writer, you have to use special software that you have to buy, install, maintain, upgrade, launch, deal with glitches, and learn to use, and sometimes it doesn't work because you get "buffer underrun," and you have to decide among music CD, data CD, importing previous sessions, track at once, disk at once, packet writing, finalize session, finalize CD, multi-session, CD-R, CD-RW.... Bleah.This device is an alternate solution. It holds 256MB. That's still enough to hold a lot of stuff. It's solid state, meaning it has no moving parts inside, so it's fast and sturdy. Best of all, it's tiny and extremely cool. You hot-plug it into a USB port and it appears on your computer as a disk drive, just like your floppy or hard drive. You use Windows Explorer or "My Computer" to drag and drop files on it just like you would to a floppy, only it holds 182 times more files than a floppy would. You can erase or replace files on it just like a floppy. Think of it as a super floppy drive. When you are done, you hot-unplug it and put it in your pocket until you need it at the next computer. The catch is that the computer must have a USB port, and you will need to download and install a driver on any operating system older than Windows 2000 service pack 3. I tried it on two different XP machines and just by plugging it in XP recognized it and made it work fine. When you think about it, any mechanical device with a spinning disk is just so stone age. That idea was invented back in the days of the old vinyl record album or even before. CDs still use that same idea. This widget is space age by comparison, it's basically a non-volatile RAM chip. That's awesome! Remember all the talk about "bubble memory" and how great that non-volatile RAM would be, but it never amounted to anything. Finally they have found a way to do it and this item is one result.
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Summary: Fast, reliable, easy - what else is there?
Review: After a completely miserable experience with the ZIP 750 USB I went with the JumpDrive and I'm glad I did! It's a great product that I use heavily every day. I keep all my source code for current projects backed up on it and cart it around between 6 different machines running a couple different OS versions. It's flawless and works like a champ. No spin up time or goofy disconnect wait sequences like with external drives and the price is right, too. I'm very happy with it and would reccomend it to anyone. Until they come out with the 1 gig version, this is my backup device of choice.
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Summary: Compact and fast
Review: Beats the Sony Micro-Vault 256MB in terms of physical size and price. This unit does not ship with drivers but you can go to Lexar's web site to download Win98 drivers if needed. It is plug-n-play right out of the package with WinXP and Win2000-SP3 (I'm not sure about earlier service packs). Also works with Macs. Transfer speed is about twice as fast as typical USB 2.0 flash card reader/writer. Takes about 30sec to write a 130MB file to the unit; read is much faster. There is a built-in LED to indicate read/write activity. It's ideal for transfering data between PCs and laptops without built-in floppy drives - definitely a better solution than using Zip-drives. Unit is made in China, but that seems to be typical of most electronic devices nowadays. It would be ideal (more rugged) if the case has been made of aluminum instead of plastic. The pocket clip that's part of the cap can be easily snapped off - at the very least, this clip should've been made with metal.
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Summary: Terrific portable memory
Review: Wearable on the keychain, the new Lexar USB 2.0 Jumpdrive is a 256MB flash memory drive that works on both USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 interfaces. If you use Windows 2000 or XP, you don't even need to install any drivers; it's true plug-n-play. The transfer speed is good, although you won't get 480 Mbps on USB 2.0 due to bottlenecks with flash technology and the actual interface. But that's not a complaint at all since the speed is comparable to hard disk-based drives. And best of all, you don't worry about any moving parts being broken. Ultra-portable, high-quality, fast... I'm happy with my Jumpdrive, until the 1GB version comes out. :)
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Summary: Works well, but a bit flimsy
Review: It works well and is fast (w/ USB 2.0). No problems using it. However after carrying it on my keychain for 2 months, the plastic end broke and it slipped off. Other models seem to be studier.
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Summary: This is a great value for the money!
Review: This is a fantastic piece of technology and I really like it. I originally purchased the Lexar 128 Megabyte Jumpdrive, but used it so much I ended up buying this one and keeping the other as a spare at home. If you think about it, there really are only 4 ways to exchange technology between computers (for the average person). You could use a floppy drive -but they are not standard anymore on next generation computers, and they only hold 1 megabyte of infomation -hardly enough to handle more than a picture or two. Or, you could use a Zip drive. But here's the problem. You now have 100, 250, and 750 megabyte drives, and though you can read any of the older zip disks with a newer drive, you CANNOT WRITE ON THEM (and the reading process is REALLY slow). I made this mistake, and I am stuck with a 750 Megabyte drive that no one else has, so I can't do much more than backup my own data. Or, you can burn information to a CD-rom and move it that way. Yes, you can do this, IF you have a burner and a blank cd on the computer you need data from, but that very likely may not be an answer either for casual transfers. Amd finally, what I had been using most of the time, email. You can realistically email up to 3-5 MB of pictures or files. Pretty easy to use, and everyone has it, but not a solution for photos or large files. This is where the jumpdrive comes in -and I think it is the perfect replacement. It is the size of your little finger and (this version) holds 256 MB! Best of all, the price has come down to a point that it is a great value. Here's how it works. You pull of the cap and plug the drive directly into your comuter's USB port. (You don't need any software or drivers to preload -you just plug it in to any computer.) When it is plugged in the computer automatically recognizes it as a new drive right on your desktop. I.e. Go to your "My Computer" section and it now shows up as "Lexar Media (H:)" You then treat it like you would any other drive -you can save files to it, or you can just drag and drop files to it. Here's another cool thing about the Lexar version of this drive. There is a little green light on the memory stick that lights up and blinks when it is first plugging in, and also when it is loading data. This will prevent you from removing the stick before the data is loaded -which is usually something that happens very quick! I am very happy with this portable drive. It is something that is effortless to use, and is small enough that it can basically hang on your keychain so you have it wherever you need it. (In fact, there is actually a hook on the top of the drive so you can clip or hook it to whatever you want.) The only thing to keep in mind is that it is a little small, and can get misplaced easily. If you are not going to carry it with you (with your keys), I'd recommend putting it somewhere that you are not going to forget, or tying a bulky keychain to it so it can't get lost. Finally, it is something that I can feel confident that even non-techies will be able to use with ease -in other words, this is what mom and dad get for Christmas!
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Summary: Fast and easy to use
Review: I'm very pleased with the Lexar 256MB JumpDrive. I use it on my Windows 2000 SP4 system to perform daily "delta" backups in between my monthly CD backups. I use WinZip to zip up all files containing a set archive bit, copy the zip file to my flash drive, and then disconnect the flash drive. I attach the drive to the rear of my computer via a USB extension cable (not supplied). This drive, though, does lack several features found on other flash drives that may affect your purchase decision. Since I just use it for bulk storage only, it's ideal for me. Windows 2000 SP4 Pros:
. . . o USB 2.0 support.
. . . o Fast transfer speed.
. . . o Activity LED.
. . . o Built-in plastic key ring hole and plastic pocket clip.
. . . o Low price.
Cons:
. . . o No write protect switch.
. . . o No USB extension cable.
. . . o No neck strap/cord.
. . . o Supports only one filesystem partition.
. . . o No filesystem password protection. For my data security needs, I own a different flash drive that supports all the features listed in the "Cons" section including support for one to two filesystem partitions where one partition can be password protected.
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