Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-15 Thread Vili
Both you and Doug are using a Gmail account for your subscription to the list, and that explains the dilemma. That's why I use my Comcast account for this list rather than my customary Gmail account. argh. it's that dupekilling feature of gmail. thanks for pointing out. it was there some time

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-15 Thread Vili
In my experience, every USB memory stick is different. The one I am using now reads and writes at 16MBits per second, and my previous one was only 8. There is a free utility on the web to test your speed, but it is on my office computer and I forget what it is called. What is the name of

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-14 Thread Vili
You must be a journalist to take out 1 sentence and forgot to quote all related stuff to earn some cheap popularity Let me quote those sentences you forgot to mention that I wrote in the same mail: I did not want to trash USB sticks. They good for something. Also, they are more

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-14 Thread Vili
I totally agree with you Vili. Also, flash drives perform much faster on Win2K than XP. Often a factor of 2 or 3 to 1. The difference in performance of USB hard drives is much closer between the 2 OSs and I am sure it is related to the performance of the hard drive as opposed to the

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-13 Thread NetVicious
sábado, 12 may 2007 at 18:25, it seems you wrote: typically(!), ANY 'usb-enclosed' hdd outperforms ANY usb flash stick. flash cards inserted in readers give a slightly different mileage, but that's a separate story. There are USB flash sticks with an excelent speed. And they outperforms some

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-13 Thread Paul Van Noord
5/13/2007 7:29 PM Hi Rick, On 5/13/2007 Rick Grunwald wrote: RG Even when you have to be able to carry the data in your pocket?:)) Mine fits there although heavier than I like. As Vili stated there is value in flash drives. However, the discussion was on maintaining data integrity which makes

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-13 Thread Vili
Hello Rick, I tried a lot of things, the HDD just outperforms a stick, yet. Even when you have to be able to carry the data in your pocket?:)) You must be a journalist to take out 1 sentence and forgot to quote all related stuff to earn some cheap popularity ;) Let me quote those sentences

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-12 Thread Vili
I wrote a long answer. But I deleted it. Why? I dont want to argue. I used stick with optimized for performance and use my HDD. Huge difference. I DID try it. You didnt. End of story for me. completely wrong. tried both and both work okay. of course, assuming you don't expect the

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-11 Thread Vili
Vili wrote: you have the exact same reasons with your 'usb-enclosed' HDD. ...maybe even worse, given that write-back for USB flashdrives isn't quite as optimistic as with HDDs (including those 'usb-enclosed'). :)) I dont know this stuff, all I am seeing is that with a USB stick, it takes

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-09 Thread Vili
Vili wrote: I dont know... I dont _totally_ agree... Even in WinXP, you can optimize a stick for performance, but if writing is delayed and for some reason you have got a power failure... Or I just dont trust MS to let them manage delayed writing :)) you have the exact same reasons

Re[2]: Voyager 3.99.4 Slow Printing

2007-05-07 Thread Paul Van Noord
5/7/2007 2:35 PM Hi Vili, On 5/7/2007 Vili wrote: V (What I observed is, that running Voyager from a USB stick is just not V the way to go...) Unless you use Win2K. 8-]} -- Take Care, Paul Voyager v.3.95.06 on Win2k SP4-Rollup1 5.0.2195 No IMAP OTFE