SmartDisk (FDUSB-TM-FDUSB) (TM) External Floppy Drive Revie

Product Description
The New SmartDisk VST Titanium USB Floppy Disk Drive provides more functionality and versatility USB to your PC or Macintosh computer equipped. The drive reads and writes 1.44 MB floppies standard and has a fast transfer rates at up to 500kb / s. Moreover, it is powered by the USB port, so no AC adapter is required. And sleek, titanium design matches perfectly with the new PowerBook G4, as well as the Sony Vaio.

Consideration
It may seem hard to believe these days, but there are still some computer users who need there drives. In my work, we sometimes run into the need to use a 3.5 "diskette, so we got some of these SmartDisk External Floppy Drives. Even though they may be a little expensive, they do the job.

One thing that I like about this external floppy drive is that it requires no power source to connect. That means fewer cables to deal with and the adapters unless you can keep track of people lose or after their break-up. Simply connect to a hard drive plug it into an empty USB port of your PC or a USB hub. If a hub, it will need to be supplied to enable him to work from the reader does not have its own source of energy.

When you plug the drive in Windows XP, it is automatically installed in a few seconds. It operates as a flash drive is the first time you use it. There are a few seconds, processing time, then the device is ready to use. You do not need to install any drivers or to do more than simply connect the camera that I love, and the people I work with who use this floppy drive like it a lot, too.

In terms of functionality, you just have to remember that this is a floppy drive and nothing more. You will have 1.44 megabytes of storage capacity per disk, which is not much, but it's enough to store a few Word documents or photos. As far as transmission speed, this player operates like most any other floppy drive that I used. It is not as quick as a flash drive, but then it's not supposed to be. Unlike flash drive, this drive has made the journey to the interior.

Physically, the player is very light. In fact, it is so light that you can be at the head of corset with your finger whenever you insert or eject a disc, just in order not to move. It is housed in plastic looking silver, which is close enough to match or even most PC laptops. This player is so thin that I wonder how it works. I also wonder how it would hold up if dropped or crushed, so I will be very careful about how you store. I recommend that you put on the inside pocket of your laptop bags just for the extra padding.

I feel like this player has a major design flaw on the cable. The USB cable is built into the back of the drive and non-removable head, which I think is a problem. It would have been much nicer if you had been able to remove the cable because it makes it easier storage, as well as to reduce the bending happens when something like this is crammed into a sack and was moving. I am sure it would have been more costly for SmartDisk put a cable on the removable disk, but this disc is not really cheap now.

Ultimately, I am satisfied with this product. He does what he is supposed to do and does not take much space. I think the borders are so fragile that I do not want to move too much, so keep in mind that if you buy this for a laptop computer to use on the ground. If you just want floppy accessibility to sit on your desktop, then that player would be perfect.


Recommended:
Yes

Amount paid (USD): 30
Operating system: Windows