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USB Flash Drive Life Varies Up To 10 Times

Posted by timothy on from the that's-worse-then-the-spread-for-people dept.

Lucas123 writes "Differences in the type of memory and I/O controllers used in USB drives can make one device perform two or three times faster and last 10 times longer than another, even if both sport the USB 2.0 logo, according to a Computerworld story. While a slow USB drive may be fine for moving a few dozen megabytes of files around, when you get into larger data transfers, that's when bandwidth contrictions become noticeable. In 2009, controller manufacturers are expected to begin shipping drives with dual- and even four-channel controllers, which will increase speeds even for slower drives."

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  1. Holy crap! by tedrlord · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, wait. Are you telling me that better quality products will perform better and last longer? You've blown my mind here! My whole worldview will need to be adjusted.

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  2. Re:Flimsy construction by FooAtWFU · · Score: 5, Funny

    My biggest beef with flash drives thus far is with the flimsy construction. I have owned three flash drives. The first was a 64 byte drive back in the day when that was sizeable. Umm, when was that exactly? 1955? :)
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  3. Re:FS by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    here's exFAT, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExFAT , but there's no free software implementation as of yet. It comes with Vista SP1, which is a free download.

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  4. Re:Flimsy construction by Hal_Porter · · Score: 5, Funny

    a 1GB retail plus (walmart brand. casing split, but a little electrical tape has held it fine for the past 2 years). Yeah, but women won't fuck you if they see you have a thumb drive like that. I have an Ferrari brand drive. Cost $800 duty free but boy it's got me some tail.
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  5. That's easy by Moraelin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, that's easy. See, if you have a painfully slow drive, you use it less. So it'll last you for decades ;)

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