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Sunday, April 6. 2008

New USB Stick


Just bought myself an 8GB one of these. Very pricey, but very nice ;-)
(Oh, and I didn't notice any of the Vista compatibility problems mentioned in the comments to that review)

I have a feeling it might crop up in the Oracle blog soon.
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What actual speed can you achieve with that little gem? Do you get the promised 18/25 MB/sec?
#1 Bence on 2008-04-06 18:44 (Reply)
It looks good so far, but I haven't tested it properly. It seems to vary with the type of activity as well.
#1.1 Doug Burns (Homepage) on 2008-04-06 19:11 (Reply)
Cool stuff. Would be very nice if you would be an addict for other gems like the ASUS Eee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC). That said, your USB addition is already 1/3 of the price of a Eee... My nephew will like it though...

;-)
#1.1.1 Marco (Homepage) on 2008-04-06 22:33 (Reply)
hmmmmm... Like MLK, I have a dream:
being able to store an Oracle db in the elusive "RAID-5 USB key"!
It's getting nearer and nearer.
;-)
#2 Noons (Homepage) on 2008-04-07 04:04 (Reply)
As a former employee of Imagine I thought you might like this blog piece and the comments that follow:-
Bruce on Games
#3 Jason on 2008-04-18 20:55 (Reply)
Thanks Jason, very interesting indeed to see Bruce blogging.

As I wasn't one of the directors, I don't think I'm in a position to comment on whether piracy caused the demise of Imagine ;-) but it looked to me like a combination of over-rapid expansion of the cost base, poor or no games being produced and financial mismanagement.
#3.1 Doug Burns (Homepage) on 2008-04-19 07:41 (Reply)
No, I wasn't overly convinced either but, as somebody whose early interest in computing began with the Spectrum, I was fascinated by the back story to Imagine's demise.
I too suspect the poor quality (or complete lack) of games - especially when compared to the games that the likes of Ultimate were producing - was one of the more likely factors.
I don't recall rushing out with my hard earned paper round money to buy many Imagine games ;-).
#3.1.1 Jason on 2008-04-20 16:17 (Reply)
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