Panasonic Floppy disk drive

Advantages: Very reliable
Disadvantages: none

...One of the best floppy disk drive makers in the business. I have never had any problems with this make of floppy disk drive since I have been using them. Have fitted this make of floppy disk drive in every machine I have built for my self and for my customers for around the last four years and don’t think I have had one returned to me that is not working. Have tried all the other makes of floppy disk drives and have had problems in one way or another with them some. The key to all good floppy disk drives is that the heads are regularly cleaned to keep them in good condition.....

robbailey 02.10.2000 · Read review
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Review of Floppy Drives

Got a Floppy Disk?

Advantages: Quick, Easy, Reliable, Small, Fits into any pocket or bag
Disadvantages: Faded out use lately

...I originally bought this external floppy drive a few years ago after the standard for laptops was not to have an inbuilt floppy drive already in them however at the time floppy disks were still in use from time to time. It doesn't mean that this can't be used for desktop computers that don't have internal floppy drives. Power ********* Usually when having an external device like an external hard drive or optical drive you would usually need more than one lead. It would usually be a cable for the power into a power socket in the wall and a separate cable to send and receive data between the device and the computer however with this external floppy drive it has completely changed. Now all that is need with this floppy drive is simply just one USB cable with a mini USB connected to the drive making it quick and easy to use when your...

burns2007 12.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Freecom Floppy disk drive 1.44 MB

Floppy Drive 120Mb???

Advantages: Faster, greater capacity
Disadvantages: Not quite as cheap as traditional drives

...After many years of dealing with computers I must say very loudly TRADITIONAL FLOPPY DRIVES ARE DEAD! I did a couple of months ago purchase all the parts for a new PC witch I assembled myself and I must say that the experience I have had with floppy drives is that they are slow, unreliable and the traditional floppy disks are about the most fragile media you can get. I purchased one of these traditional 1.44Mb drives to begin with not thinking too much about it. It was a MITSUMI drive costing about £10. I took it home and put it in my new super fast pc and amazingly the little monster thing didn't appear to work... so I took it back and whilst I was at the store I noticed one of those newfangled LS120 drives from Panasonic and it stores a huge 120Mb on each of the new type of media and it is backwards compatible. So for £70 I took...

XJSGAV 02.09.2000 · Read review
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Review of Floppy Drives

WHAT A FLOP

Advantages: cheap, small, quick to format
Disadvantages: not enough capacity, not very durable

...It is becoming apparent that the floppy disk will in time become a thing of the past. As the latest PC's get faster and faster, they seem somewhat slowed down and held back by the presence of the floppy disk. How many of you have copied files to floppy and waited an eternity for them to finish? The fact of the matter is that they are too slow and we need to think about developing an alternative. Could this be the mini disk?, or even a cheap, small removable disk drive?, who knows? I can remember the days when PC's came with 250mb or less Hard Disks. At the time, you probably thought that it was more than enough storage space for your requirements, but as technology has moved on, you find that Hard Disks of that capacity would be rendered 'useless' for the needs of today. At the same time there was the floppy drive, which by...

mdstone 26.07.2001 (06.08.2001) · Read review
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Review of Floppy Drives

Alps drives - cheap and acceptable

Advantages: Cheapest drives
Disadvantages: Not as reliable as other makes

...Alps floppy drives are very cheap to buy - they cost less than a tenner. And although almost all the floppy dries I use are Alps drives, my personal experience with them is that they are not the most reliable of drives. I don't think they are as tolerant to bad timing or fluctuating power supplies as other, more expensive makes, and the mechanism is not as solid feeling as others, but overall for the price of them they are excellent value for money. They are also available with four different colour activity lights!...

QuinnTheEskimo 25.08.2000 · Read review
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Review of Floppy Drives

A Floppy Floppy!

Advantages: Reliable, relatively cheap, well-known brand, good build quality
Disadvantages: Small capacity, not as reliable as some other forms of storage, slow

...~~~ Overview & Appearance ~~~ The MPF920 is a fairly unremarkable floppy disk drive produced by Sony to be mounted inside your trusty computer. The drive supports 3.5" diskettes up to a maximum capacity of 1.44MB. Measuring just over 3.5" x 4.5" x 1" (approx) the main body of the unit is composed of steel, with a beige fascia at the front. There is a small slot for inserting your diskette, a button to eject the diskette and a small green LED to indicate whether the drive is being read from or written to by your computer. The rear of the unit features a small 4-pin power connector and also a second set of smaller pins for connecting the drive to your motherboard by means of the supplied (sometimes!) lead. The drive features a selection of small holes along each side so that you can screw it securely into your PC case. Interestingly...

ben-lloyd 28.04.2005 (21.04.2009) · Read review
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Review of Sony MPF 920

A DRIVE THROUGH THE MIND.

Advantages: One of David Lynches best films.
Disadvantages: Confusing.

...- MULHOLLAND DRIVE.- Mulholland Drive was released in the UK in 2002. Directed and written by David Lynch. Starring Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, Justin Theroux and Ann Miller. - Genre: Drama/ Mystery/Thriller. - Running Time: 146 Minutes. - BBFC Rating: 15. - As the credits roll we are treated to a display of 50's dancing. There are many couples doing the jitterbug, bunnyhop, and the Jive. This is a lively sequence and all concerned are having a lot of fun. Suddenly a face surges to the fore cloaked in a white mist and she is featured alone and disjointed from all the others. She wavers, and then disappears back through the crowd again. The whole scene is shot very basically and the colours are subdued. This is an strange opening sequence with very little impact and I began to wonder if...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 04.05.2008 · Read review
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Whats a 3 1/2" floppy?

Advantages: Colourful
Disadvantages: Break too easily

...I would call these Imation 1.44Mb floppies. I recently brought these from my local Argos store in Hastings as my office equipment supplier said that i place my order too late for next day delivery. I came across these floppy disks in my catalouge near to the PC pages and said that all of the other packs of floppy disks have the same amount of space which is currently 1.44Mb of storage but these ones have colour co-ordination to them and the others have not. I asked the lady at the help desk and she said that the only thing about these ones is that colour coded ones are easier to identify so you wont need to bother about looking at the label ever again. OK i said i will take those please, Only to find out when i got back to the office there were 2 of each colour: Blue, Red, Yellow, Green and Lime. a 10 pack in all. So when i got...

Sexy_Young_God 17.04.2004 · Read review
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Review of Imation Corp. Floppy disk 1.44 MB

Acer have a winning Tablet PC

Advantages: A delight to use - compact and smooth with excellent functionality
Disadvantages: Small screen and smallish keyboard, which some may find not to their taste.

...As an ICT coordinator, I've had the pleasure of using one these beauties for about 4 weeks. This is the first tablet I have used and I admit to be being impressed by both the concept and by Acer's ingenuity in combining notebook and tablet functionality. The processor is a Pentium III ULV 800. With 256MB of RAM and 30GB of hard disk space, the Windows XP tablet edition operating system works quickly and purposefully. The CD rom and floppy disk connect via the USB ports, of which there are two. There is also a firewire port! With both wired and wireless connectivity, I have used the machine with ease on our LAN. The only quirk here, is that you have to switch between the two manually with the use of a switch on the keyboard. The first impression of the machine is that it looks like a very small laptop. However, pop the hinges...

caladan58 20.02.2003 (21.02.2003) · Read review
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Review of Acer Floppy disk drive

Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive

Advantages: Lots of space for all your gaming needs.
Disadvantages: Price, Dust, Missing GB

...My personal experience with the Xbox 360 hard drive has been fairly positive. The ability to store music, films, videos and of course games saves is one that no Xbox gamer should be without. 120 GB of memory is more than enough for the average gamer. The hard drive is well designed to blend with the console perfectly. It is small and easy to store. However the price is pretty heavy compared to the cheaper 20GB versions. A problem with the memory is the fact that the hard drive does not actually have 120GB, obviously it wouldn't be exactly due to the need for the running files but several GB are actually missing. Regular cleaning is advised as dust tends to collect on the hard drive but a sharp blow into the docking port is sufficient to clear this. All in all this product is an incredibly useful addition to any Xbox 360 gamers...

jammyd0 14.03.2008 · Read review
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Review of Microsoft Xbox 360 Hard Drive Hard drive 120 GB