3GM Review #683: Manufacturer: Crucial Provided by: Crucial Model: Gizmo! overdrive Rating: 100% KICKASS Sales: Click Here | BUY NOW! Additional Info/Comments

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Introduction:

First a little about the company. Most of us know Crucial, but their official corporate name is Micron Technology, Inc. This next blurb is from their website:

"The Crucial story starts with Micron Technology, Inc., one of the largest dynamic random access memory (DRAM) manufacturers in the world and the only one based in the U.S. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, Micron manufactures DRAM chips and assembles them into high-quality memory modules for sale to original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") worldwide. Over the past 26 years, Micron has learned that when you make some of the very best memory in the world, lots of companies want it, from computer makers to wireless device manufacturers to printer producers. (And we're really glad that they do!) But then Micron asked, well, what about the end user? What about the everyday folks who want to upgrade their existing systems with OEM-quality memory, the home desktop user, the IT network guy, the student notebook user? Why don't we offer our memory to the public, at factory-direct pricing? So in 1996, Micron responded to a growing demand for high-quality memory upgrades among end users who wanted the best possible performance from their systems. Micron launched Crucial Technology in November of that year, and for the first time, end users had the opportunity to buy directly from the manufacturer the same memory modules bought by the world's major OEMs for original installation in their systems. Having a direct sales division focused on selling Micron's DRAM to the public was apparently an idea whose time had come, and eight successful years later, we have expanded our product line to include graphics cards, flash cards and readers, and USB flash drives. Why is Crucial thriving? We offer our customers a number of clear advantages over our competitors..." ~ more info

I've reviewed the original USB 1.1 and the USB 2 version of the Gizmo! in the past, but today I'll be looking at their latest hi-speed USB 2.0 flash drive product, the Gizmo! overdrive. Let's get on with it.