Nowadays almost each student has their own pen drive especially budget USB pen drive. Did you know how tough your cheap and small pen drive?? For the first time, CHIP Germany put a selection of storage devices through fire, ice and the worst operating conditions imaginable. All this did by CHIP hardware tester. The ‘contenders’ that involve as follow:
1-budget USB pen drive
2-premium USB pen drive
3-rugged USB pen drive
4-SD Card
5-CF Card
6-budget hard drive
7-premium hard drive
8-rugged hard drive
9-budget optical disk
10-premium hard disk
If you have one of these items, this article can help you to knowing your storage. This test can prove their abilities to survive in various dangerous conditions. This ten storage devices had to prove their durability in nine extreme torture tests. Fire test, cola test, boiling test, ice test, magnet test, sand test, fall test, wash test and car test. From the results, each storage had their own advantage and disadvantages. But the unexpected result is the small, cheap pen drive manages to escape the tire treads with only a few scratches compare to the other devices!!
So, you should appreciate your ‘cheap pen drive’...
source: CHIP Magazine,August 2008
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