Kingston Datatraveler 101 Unboxing & Performance Test Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2011-05-08
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634 words · ~3 min read
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This will be a fairly straightforward unboxing. This is the Kingston Data
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Traveler 101. It is rated for up to 10
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megabytes per second read and 5 megabytes per second ride.
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Right. So, this is a value USB drive.
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It's going to be all about cost per Gigabyte. They provide a convenient
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scissor line for how to open the packaging. But since I am rarely
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equipped with scissors or a knife, I'm going to go ahead and open it with my
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hands. It is compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000,
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Mac OSX, as well as Linux. And then
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here's what I can figure out. Look at this. Okay, they have a graph with Data
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Traveler as well as UR. Do they mean
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your drive, like your current drive? I'm not quite sure what they mean. Hm.
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Well, if you have some insight into what Kingston means on the back of their box
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by your drive, then uh yeah, please do let me know. So, let's have a look at
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the data traveler 101 itself. You can see it has an included cap. You can
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actually install a little uh carrier string right there through the top. It's
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made out of metal, which appears to be pretty decent metal. So, it's not going
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to just come right off like uh one of the other drives that I had that had a
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metal clip on it. All right. You just flip it open like that and then you are
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able to access the USB business end of
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the data traveler 101. So that was it. That's the whole thing. Let's do a quick
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uh let's do a quick uh data write test
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just to find out exactly how well it performs and then that will conclude our
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data traveler 101 coverage. So, as soon as we plugged in the USB
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key, your drive revealed itself to be
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your USB world just the way you want it. Experience the fun of your drive
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anytime, anywhere. You can manage your files and folders. Download and use fun
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apps subject to availability. Store and play your favorite songs. Explore your
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photos and explore your photos with friends and family. So, we clicked the
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learn more link. It looks like we've got built-in secure internet browser with
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search by Yahoo. 2 gigs of online backup
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account. Okay, we have a roboform password manager as well as a your app
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zone to uh to get easy access to additional apps. So there's a bunch of
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instruction videos. There's an intro video which is a cartoon
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and it's conveniently captioned so we can even watch it. I just finished
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another thrilling day of work carrying files around.
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Wow.
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here. I think we got sound even.
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That's okay.
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Okay. So, basically, it's a software that uh allows you to make better use of
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your drive overall with all of these uh cool features. That's pretty neat.
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Searched online for Spanish. Let's zoom through my built-in internet browser.
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Huh. So, I guess it's bootable even.
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Neat. This is getting kind of long. Okay,
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let's do our uh let's do our speed test really quick here. So, I'm going to take
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a Tech Tips video and I'm going to paste it and we'll find out how long it takes.
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So, this is a 100 megabyte file and it
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takes approximately that long, which is a lot faster than 5 megabytes per
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second, which is what the drive is rated for. So, it looks like Kingston is
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underrating this drive. Thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look
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at the Kingston Data Traveler 101.