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Flash drives or \u201cthumb drives\u201d are ubiquitous. However, great performance among them is not. That was until the OWC Envoy Pro mini<\/a> came along.<\/p>\n

The Envoy Pro mini is ultra portable storage without having to sacrifice performance and reliability. It\u2019s not your average flash drive featuring \u201cthe same quality solid-state memory and controller electronics as found in OWC\u2019s desktop-class SSD drives.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Gewirtz of ZDNet.com<\/a> recently put the Envoy Pro mini to the test, coming away impressed with its performance and speed. Gewirtz notes that \u201cthe Envoy Pro mini is so fast, it’s possible to actually do production work right on the drive, rather than on an internal drive. This drive can be a working drive, not just a storage container you copy files to before sending it out over the sneaker net.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Check out the full review at ZDNet.com<\/a> to see everything Gewirtz has to say and to see results from his testing. And for more on the OWC Envoy Pro mini, visit https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/external-drives\/OWC\/Envoy-Pro-mini<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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