On Apr 27, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > > On 28/04/2010, at 11:31 AM, John Carmonne wrote: > >> Hi a\All >> I got a free 4GB Kingston USB flash drive at MicroCenter on Sunday just for >> walking in the door and giving my e-mail addy. I'm moving a 1.25 GB file >> from one machine to another and this thing is slower than the second coming >> it took about 30 mins., I'm not complaining I just want to know if The >> cheapo's are slower than others? > > G'day John > > I've got an 8 GB kingston thumb drive, and actually complained to kingston > about the speed. They weren't very helpful. > > In my case the problem arises when transferring a folder or file comprising > of many other files. > > The answer is to compress the folder/file and transfer the compressed image. > The transfer speeds up considerably. >
Yeah I've some Ativa 4 and 8 GBs and they are a lot faster than this one I also have some of the black Kingston 4 GBs that are faster than my free one, but it doesbwork and I can't beat the price:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA Sent from my MBP -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
