USB Flash Drives are USB Flash Drives right? Wrong. Get your hands on this $300 128GB capacity sleek silver beast from SanDisk and you might see things differently.
First of all, great design, when you’re spending this much cash you want to get a feel for the quality of the device just not the technology.
Next up, USB 3.0. That means faster speeds than you’ve known before with your previous USB drives/sticks.
Add to that a single available capacity – 128GB – there is no second guessing this one, if you need it, you need it – if you just want to move a file now and then – this ain’t for you.
What speed? I ran a quick test on my Windows 8.1 laptop and got a read speed of 252.9 MB/s and a write speed of 238.3 MB/s.
That’s the catch – to get the ultimate speed it does need Windows 8.1 and a USB 3.0 port – but you’re not buying this thing without a 3.0 port available.
I tested the drive on my iMac also and was still getting speeds over 200MB/s.
It’s not cheap – not at all, but as I said earlier, this is not for the faint-hearted. If you’re moving large video files from place to place you do not want to muck around – the SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 Flash Drive might be just what you need.
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Trev is a Technology Commentator, Dad, Speaker and Rev Head.
He produces and hosts two popular podcasts, EFTM and Two Blokes Talking Tech. He also appears on over 50 radio stations across Australia weekly, and is the resident Tech Expert on Channel 9’s Today Show each day and appears regularly on A Current Affair.
Father of three, he is often found down in his Man Cave.
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