Patriot XPorter Magnum 128GB

Zitat: Plusy: + duże prędkości odczytu i zapisu (w realnym użytkowaniu), + budowa umożliwiająca nie zgubienie zatyczki. Minusy: - wymiary (szerokość), - ascetyczny wygląd, - zasłonięta dioda aktywności podczas pracy, - cena.

Zitat: The Patriot Xporter Magnum 128GB pen-drive is the largest we´ve tested, and it represents cutting-edge capacity for Q3 2009, although Kingston is already etailing a 256GB drive, the DT300, for a whopping £599. Encased in a durable aluminium shell and larger-than-normal due to the internal flash capacity, performance is decent on most fronts - averaging 30MB/s read and 15MB/s write on large-file transfers. Even with such speed, filling the drive takes over two hours. The next real evolution will occur when these huge pen-drives are outfitted with a USB 3.0 or eSATA connection that will eradicate the interface as the bottleneck. The 128GB model is a harbinger of things to come, we think, as NAND memories - the storage inside the drive - become denser and cheaper. As such, the current etail price of almost £300 puts in firmly in the ostentatious bracket, and we´d advise most readers to opt for multiple 32GB sticks if the price-to-capacity metric is important. Patriot, too, doesn´t bundle in any extra features with the drive, which is kind of disappointing. Most of us don´t need a 128GB USB pen-drive and there are cheaper and much, much faster methods of moving data on to (not-quite-so) portable storage - (e)SATA-connected SSDs or mechanical drives, for example, as shown by our benchmarks. We´d recommend that all but the most well-heeled of readers to wait until USB 3.0- or eSATA-equipped large-capacity USB drives are available, most likely when the asking price of a 128GB stick will be less than half of the current £300. Still, there´s something intrinsically geeky about having 128GB of storage neatly stowed away in your pocket, and whipping out your big stick is always fun.