francois
May 2 2004, 12:35 PM
Sorry to say but I only heard bad things about them. Do some search on your favorite search engine!
I went the safe route and chose Hitachi / IBM microdrives.
francois
francois
May 3 2004, 02:10 AM
| Quote (MatthewCromer @ May 03 2004,02:34) |
| The MagicStor drives are garbage. |
And they are not MicroDrives...
They seems to be slower than the IBM or Hitachi MDs (see here).
So buy either a MUVO and extract its 4Gig drive or buy a real MicroDrive. Having to deal with a problematic memory card in the field is not something enjoyable!
francois
francois
May 3 2004, 09:53 AM
| Quote (Guest @ May 03 2004,13:13) |
| And you get no warranty if you pull one out of a player. |
True!
If you're concerned about lack of warranty then buy the retail Hitachi MDs. They are more expensive but you are convered.

francois
Does anyone have any experience with the MagicStor 2.2Gig MicroDrive? The price (on flash-memory-store) is very favorable to the Hitachi 2 Gig, $190 vs. $235
Any thoughts?
MatthewCromer
May 2 2004, 07:34 PM
Buy a MuVo2 4GB MP3 player and take out the hard drive.
$200, and a real Hitachi 4GB HD.
The MagicStor drives are garbage.
Edward
May 3 2004, 06:13 AM
And you get no warranty if you pull one out of a player.
MatthewCromer
May 3 2004, 12:35 PM
Edward,
Pull 2 out of players, you'll still save $100, and if one fails use the other one as your "warrantee" :-)
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