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Skriven 2007-04-15 21:42:00 av JAY EMRIE (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av ALAN ZISMAN
Ärende: U3
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AZ> AZ>> Some flash drives advertise U3... a standard that makes them appear to
AZ> AZ>> the system as two different drive letters, with the U3 drive loading a
AZ> AZ>> set of mini-applications... while this would seem to have some things
in
AZ> AZ>> common with the Portable Apps idea, I've found the U3 apps to be
AZ> AZ>> generally quirky and under-designed. I generally suggest users avoid
the
AZ> AZ>> U3 flash drives; the people I know who have bought one (usually
without
AZ> AZ>> knowing what they were getting) tend to simply ignore the U3
partition.

AZ> JE> Can the U3 partition be deleted as we can delete partitions on a HD?
AZ> JE> Jay


AZ>More on U3... I just plugged my U3 Sandisk flash drive into my multiboot
AZ>laptop for the first time in a long time...

AZ>1) It's U3 launch program didn't auto-run under Vista or work properly
AZ>when manually started.

AZ>2) Under XP, it turned out that I had used its utilities to remove all
AZ>the pre-installed software on the drive (which is why at the moment, the
AZ>U3 virtual partition takes up only 4 MB of the drive space.

AZ>So it offered me options to install software from Sandisk's online U3
AZ>site or U3 Central.

AZ>What I notice is that some of the U3 programs are free- there are (for
AZ>instance) U3 versions of Skype, the Trillian instant messenger software,
AZ>and OpenOffice, Firefox and Thunderbird (which weren't available when I
AZ>last checked a while ago). There's a free CruzerSync that claims to
AZ>allow users to 'access, edit, and restore ALL personal files- documents,
AZ>audio & video, bookmarks, Outlook data from any computer in the world. A
AZ>true Mobile Desktop at your fingertips'.

AZ>Unlike the original U3 apps that I'd looked at, these are not
AZ>necessarily small: OpenOffice, for instance, requires 230 MB of drive
AZ>space-- about the same size as Portable OpenOffice.

AZ>There are also a variety of 30-day trial or for-pay applications
AZ>available for U3.

AZ>So I may be forced to take back my earlier impression of the U3 standard
AZ>as useless... however, it is only usable on specific flash drive models,
AZ>whereas the Portable Apps can be used on any flash drive (assuming you
AZ>have enough free space!)

Thanks again for the U3 elaboration Alan. Very interesting and tempting.
Jay
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