One day special from Harris Technology. Cheapest on SI is $32.07 for similar product.
Toshiba - USB flash drive - 8 GB - Hi-Speed USB
PRODUCT FEATURES:
- Supports the ReadyBoost function of Windows Vista
- Write speed up to 5 Mbps
- Read speed up to 16 Mbps
- Large storage capacity
- Downloadable password lock system
Please note that cheaper 8GB is available but they're slower, non readyboost usb key.
sounds like it
take it as "readybost" = "faster than normal USB key" .. :p
Up to 5MB/s write? This is stupidly slow. It would take less time to starve to death than to transfer 8GB worth of files to the drive [citation needed].
Really, I've given up altogether on these slow drives. I have a Lexar JumpDrive Lightning II which writes @ 20+MB/s and reads at 30MB/s. Shame it's only 2GB but I'd prefer it over something larger and slower.
Comment upmodded for outrageous but colourful exaggeration.
Agreed, 5Mb/s is stupidly slow.
I can get 17mb/s write speed with a generic microSD card in a generic MicroSD card reader.
Most of the USB device, even the ones that tx at 1Mb/s claims to have speed "Upto 480Mbps".
Appalling speed.
Good price.
ReadyBoosy is just a marketing gimmick. Unless you're using 512Mb of RAM (which I doubt ANYONE is these days) you're not going to see any significant gains in terms of faster prefetching and caching of data.
it says $50 now…..
"readyboost" = "Marketing" != "Performance"