PNY is one of the premium manufacturing companies that make USB memory drives, different types of memory cards, memory upgrades and also different types of customer oriented graphics cards. It is a USA based multi-national company and has different branches all over the world for sales and customer support.
Over the years, PNY is one of the popular brands amongst customers for its high quality products, cheaper price and excellent after sales support. They have been manufacturing and providing different types of flash memory drives with various configurations. As time progresses, the capacity of hard drive also increases. Nowadays they also provide up to 32 GB memory space in a PNY USB drive and also maintaining the same compact and slim size with faster and speedy response.
Pny Attaché Premium
PNY Attaché’ is one of the most famous USB Flash
Drive brands introduced by PNY to the customers. It has various series with different characteristics and unique facilities. These series are such as Attaché Optima, Attaché Original, and Attaché Premium etc. All of them have a very trendy and unique outlook and they come with various storage capacity. I bought my 1 GB PNY Attaché Premium Capless - 1 GB from Currys. Actually, I bought a laptop Accessory pack for my latest ACER laptop from them and it cost me 29.99 GBP. This accessory pack came with a laptop carry-bag, one Attaché premium 1GB USB flash drive, one USB mouse and 10 blank DVD’s.
LET’s GET STARTED
It has a very slim and classy outlook with swivel design. It means, this USB Flash Drive has no cap, instead you need to pull it out from the main frame and plug in with the system. It has a basic Plug n Play facility and supports almost all the operating systems such as windows XP and windows VISTA. After plugging it in to your PC/Laptop, it automatically gets connected with the system. Though it says that it has 1GB of capacity, in reality it has 955 MB of capacity.
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
I am really impressed with the classy look and design of this USB flash drive. Particularly as it has no cap, so there is no fear of losing caps any more. It is also very light, small compact and very stylish. In my personal opinion, this flash drive works better with Vista compared to XP. Though nowadays, people usually use USB flash drive with much more storage capacity such as 4GB, 8GB or even 32 GB. Still this 1 GB drive serves me well, especially when I need to transfer some important course presentation and data-sheet I always use this 1GB flash drive.It has a very good and fast data transfer rate. It’s safe, easier to carry and hassle free. I attached this flash drive to my keys for extra safety. I have lost four to five flash drive before. As it is very small it is very difficult to realize when I drop/lose it somewhere. So I think it’s better to be attached with my key chain.
Sometimes, my PC does not detect this flash drive. But if I restart my computer then it detects the flash Drive easily. Other than that, I did not face any difficulties or problems using this USB flash drive. I am really happy with the performance of it.
• It works fine with any available USB connection s (both 1.1 and 2.0). But it performs better and faster in USB 2.0 connection as it has better transfer rate 480Mbit/Sec. • It is compatible with almost all operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista and also MAC(provided by Apple).
~Advantages~
• Super slim, stylish and trendy outlook. • Very light-weight (only 14 grams). • Unique capless design. • Faster data transfer speed and works with any Operating system and any available USB connection. • Low power consumption. • 2 years manufacturer’s warranty.
~Inconveniences~
To be honest it does not have any disadvantages, but one thing really bothers me is its very light outlook. The outer casing is made of plastic so it is really delicate to use. It can’t handle any pressure. I have already dropped my flash drive on quite a few occasions .As a result, my flash drive already has some visible fractures on the outer plastic shell, so I need to be careful now. Other than that, there is no problem with this slim USB flash drive.
FINAL THOUGHT AND RECOMENDATION
I am really happy with this USB flash drive. Though you can get it from only 43 p from Amazon.uk but the delivery charge is really high as 4.39 GBP. So I suggest you buy a flash drive with bigger storage capacity such as 8 GB or 16 GB. For example the 8 GB one costs you around 10-15 GBP with free delivery from Amazon.Uk.
Great stuff , all these gadgets seem so similar to me..........Sue
DixieChick10 25.08.2009 20:00
Have an E. I know how hard these reviews are to write, I attempted one myself on my USB flash drive, didn't really happen. Brilliant, easy to read and nothing else could be added. Kirsty x
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