Re: Like your USB flash drive?

John Doe wrote:
"John Weiss" <jrweiss98155nospamatnospamcomcastdotnospamnet> wrote:


I have a Memorex and a pair of Crucial Gizmos, all in 512 MB. All
work just fine.

Those who don't shop around and check the specs may be
disappointed, though. Some older drives may still be marketed as
"USB 2.0 compatible" when they're actually USB 1.1 compliant. I've
seen that in the past (up to 6 months ago, anyhow), though I don't
know how common the [mal] practice still is...

I was thinking that about the PNY 1GB drive I just got from Wal-Mart

I just asked you what you knew about this brand in my other reply to you
on this thread. :)

for $20. It says "USB 2.0 compatible" but it runs at 1/4 speed of
the Kingston and Corsair I have. I wasn't really surprised. I'll

That's good enough as an answer to my elsewhere question. Thanks.


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