Cheapest to date
- Read Up To 245MB/s; Write Up To 190MB/s
- Password Protection with SanDisk —SecureAccess Software
- Lifetime limited warranty
- Backward compatible with USB 2.0
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Cheapest to date
Please for the love of god… PLEASE
At these prices, might just buy one now and buy another extreme pro (At the moment $142 delivered from topbuy)
FYI, new versions are now fixed drive format and not removable so might not be usable as bootable usb drives for windows installs etc.
Could you please explain what this Fixed drive format is?
Basically a fixed drive is an HDD, that is, no driver installation is required. So if a USB shows up in the computer as an HDD, not as a removable drive, it's a fixed drive format.
SanDisk is beginning production of flash drives configured as fixed disk in 2012 to meet new requirements for Windows 8 Certification
Some more information here:
http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/Sa…
I wonder if these could be used as a temporary SSD for things such as a Linux installation on a PC. Or even Windows?
This is the first time I've heard of such a format for flash drives, so did a quick search found this: http://forums.sandisk.com/t5/All-SanDisk-USB-Flash-Drives/US…
In the second post, the Sandisk email states that they switched them back to removable disk mode at the end of 2013, so it looks like there's a whole year's worth of these fixed drive sticks floating around. Bizarre :|
I purchased two of these from Amazon last week for US$34.99 each, when the last deal was posted:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/170199
I had a Live Chat session with Amazon just now, and the rep agreed to refund the price difference straight off. That's darn good service!
…That's darn good service!
One of the key reasons I keep buying from Amazon
nice - amazon has pretty damn great customer service
I just did the same, they refunded me the difference.
Good guy Amazon.
Same here just had a refund approved on 1 drive great service
Also did the same. Great service.
Might roll it into one of the PNY drives…
I got one of these from MSY a few months ago.. Very nice USB drives! Very quick. Using Rufus and installing windows 8.1 from these things took just under 3 minutes. :)
Nice price! Wonder if the Extreme Pro will be on promotion in the upcoming weeks?:)