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Imation 4GB Micro Hard Drive

Monday September 04, 2006

Newell | http://www.imation.com.au/

$218

Price at time of review.

A small, classy padlock-style portable drive that's the same size as a Zippo.

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Smaller than a cigarette lighter, it’s amazing to think that this 80mm-high device has a 4GB hard disk concealed within it. The Imation Micro Hard Drive is USB powered, and the cable and plug latch into the body of the device, resulting in the padlock-style appearance.

In our tests, the Micro Hard Drive produced a write speed of 2.4MB/s and a read speed of 4MB/s – both of which are perfectly fine for taking large amounts of easily accessible data around with you. At $55 per gigabyte, it can’t compete with larger self-powered drives for value, but this is a truly pocketable marvel.

Written by Dave Stephenson

Tags: imation | 4GB | micro

This article appeared in the September 2006 issue of PC Authority.

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