DiskOnKey Review

Author : Zhen Date : 18th March 2002

3DVelocity wish to thank M-Systems and particularly Bryan Sherlock for providing this unit for review.

...Product	DiskOnKey
...Manufacturer	M-Systems
...Supplier	M-Systems
...Price	8MB $29.99 MSRP 16MB $49.99 MSRP 32MB $79.99 MSRP 64MB $99.99 MSRP (reviewed) 128MB $149.99 MSRP

 

 

 

 

 

Part One: What your getting

The DiskOnKey is a USB driverless portable storage unit. The unit itself is about the size of a small marker. Although its supposed to be usable as a keychain, I find that its a little big, but it's perfect for fitting into your pocket or a pencil case if you are a student.
Here is a pic of the DiskOnKey:

The DiskOnKey is one of the easiest pieces of hardware that I've ever used. If you have WinMe/WinXP/Mac OS 9x+ and X, then all you do is plug the key into a usb port and it will immediately show up in my computer. The DiskOnKey even has a light that will show you what it is doing. The DiskOnKey also works for Win98, CE 4.0, Mac 8.6, Linux 2.4.0 with a small driver download. The company claims that the DiskOnKey has an onboard ARM7 Cpu which allows it to be driverless, under some OSes atleast. Unfortunately the DiskOnKey uses USB 1.1, using USB 2.0 would have given it a very nice speed boost. The capacity of the device goes from 8-128 MB, with larger capacity drives avaliable in the future. The dimension are 82mmx15mmx23mm.

The DiskOnKey came with a short instruction manual, 4 labels, and the unit itself. With the simplicity of the device, I'm surprised it didn't just say, "Plug it in".

 

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