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yanusbfd's Review
Still a classic!
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NOV
14
2007
Lexar doesn't appear to be selling the JumpDrive Sport anymore. A recent search for the 1 GB part number (reviewed here) on one comparison shopping portal turned up no sellers.
That's a shame, because this design still deserves to be in production. Lexar's current mainstream JumpDrive Firefly family has its plaudits, namely high performance without a premium price, but, apart from its smaller size, it lacks unique styling and rugged build of the JumpDrive Sport. Heck, people have put these through the laundry, and they still work!
I fired up my most recently acquired 1 GB JumpDrive Sport, which is probably now a year old, and it's showing it's age a little bit. Compared to a 2 GB Firefly, which clocks in at 15 seconds, the 1 GB Sport takes 20 seconds to write a copy of a directory on my hard drive with 500 JPEG files ranging from 200 to 400 Kbytes and totaling 66 Mbytes.
The performance drop-off is worse for a 310 MB compressed CD ISO, with the 2 GB Firefly taking 24.3 seconds versus just over 60 seconds for the 1 GB Sport. A year ago, however, the JumpDrive Sport would be near the top of the performance heap.
So, I think Lexar owes fans of their JumpDrives and, certainly, computer users in general, a revamped JumpDrive Sport. Please keep the same classic styling (heck, you can even go for one of those whiz-bang large, blue LEDs if it looks cool) but go for speed on the interior with the flash components. Fans will rejoice, and anyone looking for a great USB flash drive will be better off.
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