[Sussex] USB Flash Drives low price

[John D.]

On Saturday 18 October 2008 12:16:45 John Crowhurst wrote:
> On Sat, October 18, 2008 11:04, John D. wrote:
> > I understand (not sure if I'm correct) that the actual plugs are the
> > same ?????
>
> Much like RS232C could have the same connector but run at any speed, bit
> size etc, the USB port has the same connector and can run at different
> speeds. Unlike RS232, the speed of the slowest device automatically makes
> all the others communicate at that speed.
>
> There is little point in buying USB1 flash drives since you are limited to
> one speed, however a USB2 drive will work faster in a USB2 port (if you
> have a laptop and get a USB2 PCMCIA card in the future, or a PCI card in a
> desktop that gives you USB2 ports)

Ok cheers for the reply John,

I'll just get the 2.0 version and then if it happens to run a bit slower on my 
system, that's fine. 

I know it'll run full speed on a 2.0 system. I can install a distro onto it 
and use it if/when I get too use someone elses.

regards

John D.