PNY USB 16GB pen drive, front view close up.
We review the PNY Attache 16GB pen drive here. Now we bought this at Wal Mart, to save user data from a laptop computer that we’re retiring. The device installed without hiccups, received copied data as quickly as other high speed USB storage drives we’ve tried, and is easy to locate, plug in, and use. This Attache flash drive accepted over seven gigabytes of data with no errors.
Simplifies and provides a highly economical way of sharing data among friends, teachers, bosses, and so on. The PNY Attache 16GB pen drive is almost as cheap as yesterday’s floppy disks. It’s way cheaper than yesteryear’s portable hard disk drives. You can load most any file type onto USB thumb drives like this one from PNY, such as music, pics / photo, video, documents, spread sheets, or any confidential data you wish. Then, you can courier the unit from place to place, just as those sneaker-wearing couriers did three decades ago with floppies (the infamous sneaker net). This pen drive today costs around $8 US.
Supports USB 2.0, for high speed data moving to and from. We experienced data transfer speeds were as snappy quick as hoped for in a USB 2.0 storage device.
Works with both Windows and Apple Mac based computers.
The PNY Attache 16GB pen drive comes pre-formatted with the FAT32 file system, for wide-spread compatibility across computers running most any version of Windows or Mac OS. Also means that you do not have to spend any time formatting when you take this drive out of the package; can be a real time saver.
This cover shields the USB connector somewhat when not in use. You won’t lose the cover. Not an airtight seal however. don’t count on this electronic device to be waterproof; it is not, even with the cover closed.
Produces very little heat; so that means very little wasted power. Use this in your battery-powered laptop or notebook computers, without fear that it will significant increase the drain on your batteries. Current draw is nearly non existent.
Given how quickly we outgrow data storage devices these days, it’s useful that PNY offers a limited warranty with this product, that seems to adequately the typical period of time that this thumb drive remains useful.
Call 1-800-234-4597 (USA only).
Windows based computers need no drivers to access the PNY Attache 16GB pen drive.
Exposure to magnetic fields does not erase the data on this flash drive; unlike floppies or data tapes.
It’s all too easy to misplace a thumb drive due to its small size. But this PNY storage device features an opening in the connector cover. So you can hang it on a lanyard or keychain, to prevent loss. Plus, it is bigger than SDHC memory cards. And it’s way larger than MicroSD memory chips. Indeed, to call these tiny storage units “cards” is a stretch.
Bigger than the SD (Secure Digital) family of memory cards, and so, is more difficult to lose.
Though data transfer speeds may be more limited with this PNY Attache 16GB pen drive as compared with class 10 and higher SD cards, PNY flash drives work very well for archival data storage. Indeed they are plenty fast enough for streaming audio and most video.
Replace them with a bigger USB drive when you need more storage. This is owing to the USB standard itself and the high degree of interoperability and interchanging of devices that conform to the USB standards. For this reason et al, USB thumb drives have become nearly ubiquitous in so many Information Technology applications.
Gives no indication when receiving or transmitting data. We like to see such a lamp flickering, to reassure ourselves that long copy operations, for example, have not stalled or hung.
The body of this PNY thumb drive spans significantly more than two inches, and when plugged in, protrudes from the USB port almost two inches. So, take care not to move the host computer with this USB drive plugged in. Why? Because it would be easy to snap off or otherwise damage this drive or the USB port, if you pass too close by a wall or corner while carrying the computer.
This particular model does not support USB 3.0 transfer speeds, although PNY does offer flash drives that do, in their Turbo line of storage products.
Not unusual for any data storage manufacturer to limit liability in this way. Few, if any, offer free protection against data mutilation.
The PNY Attache 16GB pen drive is inexpensive, and is available at Best Buy, Staples, Amazon.com, and other brick and online retail outlets. Price variability is large for this product across retailers in our experience, anything from $10.00 to $29.99. So by all means, shop around. With faster speeds, higher storage capacity, and notably superior durability, why would you not seek to replace your older disc storage mediums with portable solid state storage like this one from PNY?
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