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 Two: Performance and Conclusion

Here are some benchmarks taken under Sandra 2002.

As you can see, it can read at around 1MB/s and writes around 62% of that. At 62.1megs, it'll take around 1min to fill up, which isn't that bad. It beats the floppy and zip drive with ease. Maybe in the future, we'll see a USB 2.0 version of this disk which will rival the speed of current hard drives

Conclusion

Pros:
Small, portable, can be used on almost any computer with a USB port
Can boot on some motherboards with BIOS that supports it
Some versions of the disk on key comes with KeySafe, a program that can encrypt folders and files so that only you can access it.
Perfect for transferring MP3s and documents around the office.

Cons:
Storage space of 128MB max isn't alot these days, but bigger capacity versions will be released
A little bit pricey but then again, most new technologies are. (Remember when it was $400 for a cd burner?)
USB 2.0 would have been very nice

 

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