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Review
Created: October, 2000
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Iomega's Zip drive has been pretty much the standard portable
storage device during the past four years, Trek's Thumbdrive
might soon change that with its ultra-cool, ultra-small solid
storage device.
The Trek Thumbdrive is literally the size of a person's thumb.
Weighing just a little more than an ounce, it definitely won't
be cumbersome to carry.
This is pretty amazing, considering it can hold up 128 megabytes
(MB) of data. It's even more amazing when you take into account
that there is a built-in Universal Serial Bus (USB) port. There
are no power supply or cables to worry about, either. It's really
plug-and-play.
Setting up the device took absolutely no time. Just insert the
Thumbdrive into an available USB port and Windows will prompt
you through installing the drivers. Just point Windows in the
direction of the floppy drive where the drivers are located
and you're ready to go.
The Thumbdrive appears as a removable drive in "My Computer"
and, as such, you can drag and drop files to it just like any
other disk drive.
The speed of transferring files is only marginally slower than
if you were copying files from hard drive to hard drive. As
well, accessing files from the Thumbdrive wasn't noticeably
slower than accessing files from a hard drive. And you can modify
files on the Thumbdrive without having to transfer them to a
hard drive first, as you would have to do with a slower drive
like the Iomega Zip.
It would have been nice if Trek had included software for synchronization
between the Thumb drive and the "home" computer, but
any simple backup program can do this, including the backup
utility that comes with Windows 95/98.
Businesses could find this device useful in almost any situation.
With floppy disks not having enough storage space for and portable
mass storage devices being expensive, the Thumbdrive is a quick
and inexpensive way to transfer graphics, digital photos, large
databases, or large Powerpoint presentations.
With USB ports everywhere on all new equipment these days, you're
guaranteed to find a slot that the Thumbdrive can fit into.
The only drawback is that you have to install the drivers onto
whatever machine you're using.
The Thumbdrive would benefit from software that could be loaded
from the unit, negating the need to carry the drivers along
with you. Trek did put its drivers on its Web site, however,
in case you forget to bring them with you.
Unfortunately, the device is compatible only with Windows at
this time. The Trek Web site says that drivers for the Mac will
become available in the future.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 / 5
Comments: The Thumbdrive from Trek 2000 International
is one of the easiest to use portable storage devices to come
along in a long time.
Specifications:
Interface: USB
Capacity: 8 MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB
Minimum system requirements: Windows 95 OSR 2.1/Windows
98/Windows 2000
More info: http://www.thumbdrive.com
Where to buy:
PC Mall (256 MB)  ,
Gadget Universe (8MB, 64MB)
Price:
8 MB version: $49.95 US / $75 Canadian
64 MB version: $179.95 US / $270 Canadian
256 MB version: $595 US, $900 Canadian
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