VisionTek USB 3.0 Keys With Seagate/SandForce Controller

VisionTek Products LLC. announced the USB Pocket SSD line of thumb drive-sized SSDs for creative professionals, IT power users, and performance enthusiasts seeking fast media and large file transfers.

Offering speed, reliability, and storage capacity that rivals factory installed and aftermarket internal SSDs, the VisionTek flash drive can be used with nearly any Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux based system with a USB 3.0/2.0 interface.

More Than an Ordinary Thumb Drive
While it’s sized like an ordinary thumb drive sporting a USB 3.0 connector, the USB Pocket SSD’s aircraft-grade aluminum housing contains a fully functional SSD featuring a LSI SandForce controller that delivers up to 455MB/s reads and up to 440MB/s writes, nearly double the speed of other flash drives. Plus, by installing Windows 8/8.1 on it, the USB Pocket SSD can provide a bootable Windows environment for an ‘office-on-the-go’ solution.

Uses the Common USB Port
Millions of computers have been put into use since the USB 3.0 interface was introduced in 2008. That means the USB Pocket SSD can be plugged into a computer nearly anywhere in the world and use the computer’s USB bus power to save or share work files, movies, images, music libraries, and more.

Nearly 4x More Storage Capacity for Tablets
With today’s most popular tablet computers offering a maximum of 64GB of internal storage, the USB Pocket SSD can be used as a high-capacity external storage upgrade to increase storage capabilities by up to nearly 4x more.

Run Windows On a Mac
Whether you’re a fan of PC games, want to run a specialty Windows only app, or are a web designer needing to confirm your work looks correct, the USB Pocket SSD offers the best of both OS worlds. By downloading and installing Boot Camp drivers along with a legal copy of Windows 8 or higher, it can boot a full Windows environment without having to partition your internal drive. Jump from an iMac to a Mac mini to a Mac Pro without having to copy settings, files, or configurations.

VisionTek USB Pocket SSD offers flexibility to be used for specific needs:

• Create a custom user environment with approved videos, games, etc. for young children.

• High-speed backup.

• Download and save uncompressed HD content.

• Backup drive for photographers/videographers. Shoot on SD card, transfer to computer for editing, save on VisionTek USB Pocket SSD for accessibility anywhere.

• Bootable drive to run the Windows desktop and apps on other PCs and Macs.

“With our success in mSATA, notebook/ultrabook, and PCIe form factor SSDs, it made sense to explore innovative applications of flash memory storage performance,” said Mark Bilson, EVP, VisionTek. “This new line of ultra-portable drives delivers among the highest levels of reliability and performance in an SSD, but adds an incomparable level of convenience. Imagine… over 400MB/s of reliable storage speed that can attach to key ring and can provide a full Windows environment wherever you require it.”

Both the 120GB at $109.99 and 240GB at $174.99 models are designed and built in the US and are available from VisionTek, select e-tailers such as Newegg, Tiger Direct, and Dell, and national distributors such as Ingram Micro and D&H.