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Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

daewootech — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:38:00 EST

hmm, lets see, 200 dollars for a 12gb drive, or 50 bucks for a 300 gig hdd and 16 bucks for an external case?

Them thier math isnt computating pa! wheres my shotgun!

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

Kizler — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:02:27 EST

This is a horrible deal.

I can't think of a single advantage that these mini HD drives have over flash drives. Corsair already makes a 16gb flash drive thats much faster, stronger, and cheaper.

Kizler

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

pmx — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:10:29 EST

3000 hours? Shouldn't that be 3000 songs (about 200 hours)?

Of course, that's assuming it has a 12GB capacity, not 12Gb(Gigabits) as the link title indicates. :P

pmx

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

aj_robins — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:08:55 EST

Grr, I meant 16GB, not MB. Sorry.

aj_robins

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

aj_robins — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:05:48 EST

You can get a 16MB USB flash drive for under $200 (from reputable vendors, not lowball operators). Unless you need constant write ability, a flash drive is probably better.

aj_robins

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

Clipdat — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:53:57 EST

I have an 8 gig version of the "store n go"

Pretty nice little drive! The small size and weight means it comes with me more often! It's very quiet and has decent transfer rates, although I think it has to be spinning around 3500 rpm.

Clipdat

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

bigTrue — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:31:12 EST

True, Sean O, but the price is ridiculous. It might be a lot heavier, but I'd rather toss a harddrive enclosure in my bag and get a ton more room then have something piddly just to put in my pocket.

HEll, for 500 bucks I could carry around a terabyte. I won't like lugging it, but I could.

Again, not practical, but I'm from the Cheap Assholes fanboy group.

bigTrue

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

Sean O — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:06:25 EST

Good luck finding a 120GB HDD that weighs 28 grams.

Sean O

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

jackfrost132 — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:47:13 EST

I think if I was going to buy a usb powered HDD, I'd probably get something in the 120GB range

jackfrost132

Verbatim 12Gb Store 'n' Go USB Drive: It Stores, You Go

strider_mt2k — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:38:43 EST

I couldn't find any data on HD speed.
Are they fast?

strider_mt2k