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  #16  
Old December 29th 11, 10:02 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
SC Tom[_3_]
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"Bob I" wrote in message ...


On 12/28/2011 7:31 PM, SC Tom wrote:

"Bob I" wrote in message
...


On 12/28/2011 5:11 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:10:34 -0500, Vic RR Garcia
wrote:

On 12/28/2011 04:10, Char Jackson wrote:
Does a 6 Gigabyte microdrive have a role to play on a Win 7 system?

Newegg link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145575

In the user review section, this guy says "Huge amount of space, I
bought 5 of these for all of my high end computers, very fast speed,
huge amount of space, so much that I doubt I will EVER use all of the
space."

Am I missing something? These things are only $5 with free shipping,
so if they're good for anything I'll order a few dozen.

Let's see:

5 or 5 years old drive.
Re-certified ... ????
From Thailand ... the Country with the huge floods ....
Slow as molasses.
Less storage than most $10 pen drives.
Non-standard interface connector.

Why does anybody in their right mind will buy one of those ????.

Don't photographers use them in their digital cameras in place of a
compact memory card?

yes that is one of their uses, along with ipods and other MP3 players,
but the "clown" that "reviewed" them was obviously clueless. The
reason that they are "refurbs" is likely they were "pulled" from that
type of product as a warranty repair, and they have a crapload of them
to unload.


How do they interface with a camera? I've never had one that used that
sort of connection. I've had ones that use Compact Flash, SD,
SmartMedia, mini-SD, and MicroDrive (which has the same interface as the
CF), but that drive doesn't look like it would fit in any of them, much
less mate with the internal pins/contacts.


The "pins" in the image are a ZIF type design, there are adapters made for the various products the "base drive" would
be used in. But notice that in the product sheet below that "high end computers" aren't in the picture? So obviously
the "review" is nothing but a "shill" posting.

http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/D6ABE72AAB7510E286256F5F00732B0C/$file/Multifaceted_Microdrive_v3.pdf


That's what's missing from the Newegg drive, the adapter plate that's on the last page of the PDF. With that on, it now
looks like the old 1GB microdrive I had for my Fuji S602Z. Thanks for that link; now it makes sense.
And I never disputed the fact that it wasn't intended for "high end computers", as I stated in my reply to Char earlier
on in the thread :-) And in physical size, it's smaller than the drive that was in my Zen Touch. I missed the "1 inch"
in the description :-(
--
SC Tom

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  #17  
Old December 30th 11, 02:53 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Bob I
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Default 6GB Microdrive?



On 12/29/2011 3:02 PM, SC Tom wrote:

"Bob I" wrote in message
...


On 12/28/2011 7:31 PM, SC Tom wrote:

"Bob I" wrote in message
...


On 12/28/2011 5:11 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:10:34 -0500, Vic RR Garcia
wrote:

On 12/28/2011 04:10, Char Jackson wrote:
Does a 6 Gigabyte microdrive have a role to play on a Win 7 system?

Newegg link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145575

In the user review section, this guy says "Huge amount of space, I
bought 5 of these for all of my high end computers, very fast speed,
huge amount of space, so much that I doubt I will EVER use all of
the
space."

Am I missing something? These things are only $5 with free shipping,
so if they're good for anything I'll order a few dozen.

Let's see:

5 or 5 years old drive.
Re-certified ... ????
From Thailand ... the Country with the huge floods ....
Slow as molasses.
Less storage than most $10 pen drives.
Non-standard interface connector.

Why does anybody in their right mind will buy one of those ????.

Don't photographers use them in their digital cameras in place of a
compact memory card?

yes that is one of their uses, along with ipods and other MP3 players,
but the "clown" that "reviewed" them was obviously clueless. The
reason that they are "refurbs" is likely they were "pulled" from that
type of product as a warranty repair, and they have a crapload of them
to unload.


How do they interface with a camera? I've never had one that used that
sort of connection. I've had ones that use Compact Flash, SD,
SmartMedia, mini-SD, and MicroDrive (which has the same interface as the
CF), but that drive doesn't look like it would fit in any of them, much
less mate with the internal pins/contacts.


The "pins" in the image are a ZIF type design, there are adapters made
for the various products the "base drive" would be used in. But notice
that in the product sheet below that "high end computers" aren't in
the picture? So obviously the "review" is nothing but a "shill" posting.

http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/D6ABE72AAB7510E286256F5F00732B0C/$file/Multifaceted_Microdrive_v3.pdf


That's what's missing from the Newegg drive, the adapter plate that's on
the last page of the PDF. With that on, it now looks like the old 1GB
microdrive I had for my Fuji S602Z. Thanks for that link; now it makes
sense.
And I never disputed the fact that it wasn't intended for "high end
computers", as I stated in my reply to Char earlier on in the thread :-)
And in physical size, it's smaller than the drive that was in my Zen
Touch. I missed the "1 inch" in the description :-(


Didn't mean to imply you said or agreed with the "review", was just
saying the "review" at Newegg was posted by a "shill", well unless he
just left off the "/sarc" ;-)
  #18  
Old December 30th 11, 05:03 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
SC Tom[_3_]
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"Bob I" wrote in message ...


On 12/29/2011 3:02 PM, SC Tom wrote:

"Bob I" wrote in message
...


On 12/28/2011 7:31 PM, SC Tom wrote:

"Bob I" wrote in message
...


On 12/28/2011 5:11 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:10:34 -0500, Vic RR Garcia
wrote:

On 12/28/2011 04:10, Char Jackson wrote:
Does a 6 Gigabyte microdrive have a role to play on a Win 7 system?

Newegg link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145575

In the user review section, this guy says "Huge amount of space, I
bought 5 of these for all of my high end computers, very fast speed,
huge amount of space, so much that I doubt I will EVER use all of
the
space."

Am I missing something? These things are only $5 with free shipping,
so if they're good for anything I'll order a few dozen.

Let's see:

5 or 5 years old drive.
Re-certified ... ????
From Thailand ... the Country with the huge floods ....
Slow as molasses.
Less storage than most $10 pen drives.
Non-standard interface connector.

Why does anybody in their right mind will buy one of those ????.

Don't photographers use them in their digital cameras in place of a
compact memory card?

yes that is one of their uses, along with ipods and other MP3 players,
but the "clown" that "reviewed" them was obviously clueless. The
reason that they are "refurbs" is likely they were "pulled" from that
type of product as a warranty repair, and they have a crapload of them
to unload.


How do they interface with a camera? I've never had one that used that
sort of connection. I've had ones that use Compact Flash, SD,
SmartMedia, mini-SD, and MicroDrive (which has the same interface as the
CF), but that drive doesn't look like it would fit in any of them, much
less mate with the internal pins/contacts.

The "pins" in the image are a ZIF type design, there are adapters made
for the various products the "base drive" would be used in. But notice
that in the product sheet below that "high end computers" aren't in
the picture? So obviously the "review" is nothing but a "shill" posting.

http://www.hitachigst.com/tech/techlib.nsf/techdocs/D6ABE72AAB7510E286256F5F00732B0C/$file/Multifaceted_Microdrive_v3.pdf


That's what's missing from the Newegg drive, the adapter plate that's on
the last page of the PDF. With that on, it now looks like the old 1GB
microdrive I had for my Fuji S602Z. Thanks for that link; now it makes
sense.
And I never disputed the fact that it wasn't intended for "high end
computers", as I stated in my reply to Char earlier on in the thread :-)
And in physical size, it's smaller than the drive that was in my Zen
Touch. I missed the "1 inch" in the description :-(


Didn't mean to imply you said or agreed with the "review", was just saying the "review" at Newegg was posted by a
"shill", well unless he just left off the "/sarc" ;-)


I think that's it; he left off the "/sarc" BG

  #19  
Old January 18th 12, 05:27 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
choro
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Default 6GB Microdrive?

On 29/12/2011 01:31, SC Tom wrote:

"Bob I" wrote in message
...


On 12/28/2011 5:11 PM, Allen Drake wrote:
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:10:34 -0500, Vic RR Garcia
wrote:

On 12/28/2011 04:10, Char Jackson wrote:
Does a 6 Gigabyte microdrive have a role to play on a Win 7 system?

Newegg link
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822145575

In the user review section, this guy says "Huge amount of space, I
bought 5 of these for all of my high end computers, very fast speed,
huge amount of space, so much that I doubt I will EVER use all of the
space."

Am I missing something? These things are only $5 with free shipping,
so if they're good for anything I'll order a few dozen.

Let's see:

5 or 5 years old drive.
Re-certified ... ????
From Thailand ... the Country with the huge floods ....
Slow as molasses.
Less storage than most $10 pen drives.
Non-standard interface connector.

Why does anybody in their right mind will buy one of those ????.

Don't photographers use them in their digital cameras in place of a
compact memory card?


yes that is one of their uses, along with ipods and other MP3 players,
but the "clown" that "reviewed" them was obviously clueless. The
reason that they are "refurbs" is likely they were "pulled" from that
type of product as a warranty repair, and they have a crapload of them
to unload.


How do they interface with a camera? I've never had one that used that
sort of connection. I've had ones that use Compact Flash, SD,
SmartMedia, mini-SD, and MicroDrive (which has the same interface as the
CF), but that drive doesn't look like it would fit in any of them, much
less mate with the internal pins/contacts.


I believe they use the same interface as CF cards. Just plug it into the
card reader/writer and off you go. But why not buy a card instead of a
drive? A bit of a retro step, I'd say.
-- choro
 




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