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..... Read review

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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... Read review

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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... Read review

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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!... Read review

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Advantages: Quality and reliability of drive
Disadvantages: Outdated and discontinued model

...The Teac 532 cd rom drive is an cd-rom reader that is designed to be fitted internally into a PC. I had this unit in my PC for about 2 years before I decided to upgrade the whole system. I paid about £120 for this drive and at the time 32x read speed was about the industry standard. How times change as now we are looking up to 72x read speeds on cd-rom drives, which make this unit look positively tortoise-like! Specs This cd-rom drive is compatible with operating systems up to Windows 98. It has a 32x read speed and needs to be fitted into a IDE interface inside the computer. The drive measures, (W) 5.75” (H) 1.65” (D) 7.56”. It weighs 2.65lbs. Overall these are the standard measurements for a cd-rom drive, otherwise it wouldn’t fit into your computer! On the front panel of the unit, from left to right there are... Read review

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Advantages: Fast USB 2.0 connection, accessories, Compact, Looks COOL
Disadvantages: Requires a driver for Win98, Need updated USB 2.0 driver to use advanced features or your computer crashes, not all computers have USB

...You're copying a bunch of documents from your computer onto a 3.5" floppy disk. All is well, you see the sheets of paper flying across and the progress bar moving along nicely but then suddenly *BEEP*. A small window pops up saying your disk is full! A standard floppy diskette these days can only store 1.44MegaBytes (or 1,044KiloBytes) of data. Sometimes, it's not even enough for a single document these days, especially if there are pictures inside. Now imagine a disk that gives you 128MB of data. That's the same as 88.89 floppy diskettes! Yes, you've guess it (if you bothered guessing that is). The product I'm reviewing is a flash disk. Also known as pen drives, USB drives, flash drives, memory sticks, travelling disks, jump drives, etc. These are basically disks that plug into your computer via USB and act like a drive. Kind... Read review

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Advantages: Fast USB 2.0 connection, accessories, Compact, Looks COOL
Disadvantages: Requires a driver for Win98, Need updated USB 2.0 driver to use advanced features or your computer crashes, not all computers have USB, gets hot.

...This is a review on the PQI's USB 2.0 1GB 'Cool Drive' Travelling Disk. This product is very similar to my PQI 128MB Cool Drive Traveling Disk, which I've also reviewed, but with one BIG difference. The 1GB version of this drive holds A LOT more information than the 128MB could ever. Now what does 1GB mean? It's short for 1 GigaByte, which is 1,000 MegaBytes. Actually, the space shows up as 999MB but that's close enough. Now, if you've read my 128MB Cool Drive review, or at least seen the title, you'll know that 128MB stores roughly the equivalent of 88 floppy disks. Now the 1GB Cool Drive stores the equivalent of 694 floppy disks! Impressive, in'it? Now, the 1GB Cool Drive is practically identical to the 128MB Cool Drive. The drive is roughly the size of my thumb, it's metallic blue in colour with clear bits at the bottom and tip... Read review

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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... Read review

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Advantages: Very small, Colorful, it stores up to 128 Mb of data
Disadvantages: None

...Lexar Media Lexar JumpDrive 128 MB Hi there everyone, I’m Silvia and I’ve bought Lexar Media JumpDrive about a month ago. WHAT IS IT? Lexar Jumpdrive is a pocket size, portable USB storage device for your computer or laptop. It can store up to 128 Mb of data, (files, music Mp3, photographs, documents etc.) the possibilities are endless!!! The great thing about it is the fact that having it with you is like having 88 floppies in your pocket!!! Quite cool for a thing about the size of a key! WHAT CAN I DO WITH IT? Lexar Jumpdrive can store, transfer, carry any kind of data virtually anywhere, but that’s not all…. If you own a fairly recent Laptop you’ll certainly know that the majority of them don’t have an internal floppy drive. Well Jumpdrive is the easiest and quickest solution if you need to transfer data from... Read review

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Advantages: Great Sound, Great Looks, Great Price
Disadvantages: Remotes a bit cheap, no USB port,

...Having been in the market to downsize my old hi fi for something more compact, I've settled on the Teac reference 300 mkIII with DAB tuner. Its a 3 box system as opposed to the other smaller one box systems manufactured by Teac and others such as Denon, Arcam and Onkyo. As such, although being larger, it is more user friendly to use and has more power at 45 wpc RMS. At around £500 rrp it stands up favourably in price to the Arcam Solo Mini and comes in silver or black finish with machined aluminium fronts and a classy blue display on each unit. It actually appears slightly retro in appearance although the remotes are a bit cheap looking. The silver units can be found for as little as £349 without speakers so its quite a bargain. Sound quality for such a small unit is really clear and well defined with a warm bass typical of Teac... Read review

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