[SoaS] recommended brands...

[Sameer Verma]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 6:04 PM, Caroline Meeks <solutiongrove at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have not had any bad sticks from Microcenter and the prices are good.
> Good luck with your pilot!  Are you using Strawberry or Blueberry?
>

Thx. Looks like we'll either use Transcend or Kingston. No Sandisk/U3
junk for sure. We will be using Blueberry.

Sameer

> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Thomas C Gilliard
> <satellit at bendbroadband.com> wrote:
>>
>> I use Lexar Firefly 4GB, Toshiba 4/8/16 GB sticks and have had no
>> problems.
>> Sandisk SDHC 4/8 GB SD Cards work well also.
>> Beware of USB sticks with U3 software (Sandisk cruzer micro 4GB) as you
>> need to use the U3 software to remove the U3 Partition befor using them
>> for sugar.
>>
>> A LED to see activity is very important also to see when the delayed
>> writes have finsihed, so as to not corrupt a USB by pulling them out too
>> soon.
>>
>> Tom Gilliard
>> satellit
>>
>> Sameer Verma wrote:
>> > We are gearing up to do 12 sticks with 12 SF bay area teachers, who
>> > are in an Elementary Ed class at SF State .They'll pilot SoaS and
>> > provide us some feedback based on their own school environments. Is
>> > there a list of recommended brands and sizes for sticks? Its been a
>> > hit or miss for me with different sticks. I'd like to know before I
>> > buy.
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Sameer
>> >
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