OK Drive
The market is full of groovy gadgets now which computer geeks all over the place want to own. But how many of them should one actually get? How many are worth your hard earn't money? Well this product is probably one of them - we are taking a look at the 64MB OK Drive from Overclock.co.uk. This unit is weird shaped, and when my other 1/2 saw it she thought it was a tampon applicator - I had to explain the difference :).
Tech Specs :
- USB port connection
- Capacity : 32M ,64M ,128M, 256M ,512M ,1G
- No external power required DC 4.5V to 5.5V from USB port.
- Low power consumption: 39.1mA to 39.4mA ( write ), 35.0mA to 36.1mA ( read )
- Supports windows 98/ME/SE/ 2000/XP ,Imac/IB/ and Linux
- Read transfer: 750 k Byte
- Write transfer : 450k Byte
- Hard plug and play
- Drive in any mobile device.
- Dimension: 9.15x2.4x1.4cm
- Weight: 17.50g
- Erase Cycle: 1 million times
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Acoustic noise: 0db ( at one meter )
This unit is small, light, and has no external
power sources. The unit simply plugs in to your USB port - most of us have these
located on the front of our systems or on the keyboard / VDU. It comes with a
cable so that the unlucky ones amongst us can have a cable trailing to the top
of our desk.
The OK Drive is simply a compact flash module which the computer sees as a
removable drive - similar to the Lacie USB hard drives. Since the release of
Windows 98 and proper USB support it has grown from strength to strength. With
the recent release of the ABIT MAX series of boards they have become dependent
on USB support. You can slap it in to 2000, XP, ME machines the OS detects and
installs and within seconds you are running with a 64 MB Key ring! With windows
98 there is a floppy disk which comes in the little box and this has all the
drivers you need to make it work.
The unit which Overclock.co.uk sells comes in 64MB or 128MB media sizes - these
are the most useful sizes and most economical. Before USB media took off people
were limited to 100MB Zip disks or worse than that 1.4MB Floppies these really
is a thing of the past and I wonder how long it will be before floppy drives are
gone for good. The unit is small and simply fits on to your key ring which is
very helpful as most of the time you do not know when you will need storage
space.
I have used it for moving files and photos between my laptop and main system and
even taking them to my friend’s house's so they can grab the images.
This is what they state about the drive
“Ever needed to get data between computers in a compact, portable, high speed
solution? These new OK Drives simply plug into an available USB slot and act as
a separate hard drive on your computer. Hot swappable plug-and-play and a
transfer rate of 750 KB/sec read and 450KB/sec write, these lightweight drives
give you an equivalent capacity of 44 floppy disks. A key chain is also provided
to stop you loosing yours and a USB plug cover for protection is also provided.
Weight 17.5g. Dimensions 9.15 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm O/S - Win 98/ME/SE, 2000, XP, i mac,
Linux.”
Pretty impressive? So does it do what they say? Well yes – any issues? Well no!
(Simple huh!)
The unit is very simple to use you simply plug it in and you are rocking. You
can use the extension cable if you need to but there isn't always a need with
most case companies producing USB ports for the front of a system too. On the
device there is a small LED which is used to show data transfer. This is useful
as you can see if your files have finished copying. There are lots of
alternatives to this unit but this drive seems to offer good support. It would
be very cool if you could install Win9X on it and boot via USB.... ;)
The unit is cheap, and simple to use - there is no need for external power and
no need to install drives under the latest operating system. It has 64MB of
space which is ample for file transfers. I guess a lot of companies should
upgrade to 2K from NT :).
The unit is easy to use which makes it attractive for both the geeks and non
geeks out there you do not have to be a techie savvy to be able to use this
little unit. I think that everyone should use this little unit. This unit is for
sure worth the £50 - $70 which it costs it is efficient and looks good too ?
Pros
- Cheap price
- Fast
- Fits on a key ring
- Comes with an extension cable
- No external Power
- Plug and Play
Cons
- Some OS's need drivers.
- Some might say it is expensive
Buy one
here
