I just read the release on the Orb Drive and Cartridge. The stats given would be more impressive if the gadgets were on the market now and checked out. If they can really improve on speed by 33% over Jaz, and lifetime by 20% over Jaz, at 50% of the price they may really be something. But since they aren't, they might be more vaporware lost in the fog looking forever for an established base.
There were a couple of things in the release that deserve specific critical comment:
"The Orb, which draws 5 volts of power,..."
One wonders at the technical expertize of an editor or writer for a tech company that would rever to "volts" as "power", since the unit of power is the WATT, and leave the issue of whether a five volt or five watt value is correct.
"The Orb is also rated for longer life, at 300,000 hours of
mean time before failure, as opposed to Jaz's 250,000 hours,
according to CastleWood officials."
Rated by whom? Them? Hardly relevant, since the Jaz figure might be low or high, and Jaz is on the market where such figures could be verified if someone went to the extreme trouble to find out.
JackH |
