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USB disk with SSD speed!

Posted: 09 May 2013, 16:22
by viking60
ImageBuffalo DriveStation DDR is an external USB 3.0 harddisk with the same speed as SSD disks.
It is the first that incorporates 1GB (!) of DDR3 memory as cache to boost the data speeds
Once in a while, there's a revolutionary product that changes the conventional expectations for the entire class of devices, and among all USB 3.0-based external hard drives, the Buffalo DriveStation DDR is that product.


It is fairly cheap too.

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Re: USB disk with SSD speed!

Posted: 28 May 2013, 03:23
by dedanna1029
Can all the Winders stuff be deleted? There are some usb externals that it can't be deleted off of.
BUFFALO TOOLS

Buffalo Tools is a feature-rich suite of optional software included on Buffalo DriveStation storage products. Any or all of the following components of Buffalo Tools may be installed on Windows® PCs.

Buffalo's Backup Utility is a featured backup software for Windows PCs and can be used to back up one or multiple
computers with a single Buffalo external hard drive.
eco Manager helps to conserve energy and reduce battery consumption by regulating the power usage of the hard drive.
RAMDISK is a simple utility that allows you to create a RAM disk on your Windows PC which creates a small,
but extremely fast environment to work on files in.
SecureLock software for Windows® provides complete control of the data encryption on your Buffalo external hard drive, providing password protection and software data encryption.

We is mostly Linux folk, aye?

Re: USB disk with SSD speed!

Posted: 28 May 2013, 06:13
by viking60
I am sure it an be deleted. And it does not matter much if it is there. Windows folks are people too.
And they need all the help they can get these days....
MS is stopping the support for the OS that most of them use (XP) and are trying to force them to use a smartphone OS (Windows 8) with approximately 3% market share (on the phones). :C