# truth in labeling, pny technologies **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 15, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-labeling-pny-technologies/255206 "2004-07-15T03:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-labeling-pny-technologies/255206/1 "2004-07-15T03:19:23Z")
i bought a flash drive made by pny technologies. the package label said: attache’ - a portable, reusable flash drive that is fully compatible with usb 1.1 and 2.0 systems. simply plug attache into an avaiable usb port and it will be recognized as a hard drive - no drivers needed\*! achieve blazing data transfer speeds of up to 12 mb/sec with usb 1.1 and up to 480 mb/sec with usb2 attache. package contents: attache drive . driver cd (manual on cd) 3 ft usb cable lanyard \*(drivers necessary on windows operating systems 98/98 se) the label should have said:“this product will only work with the lastest versions of windows. there is no software enclosed, and our web site will not supply the proper drivers to operate the product. if you are running an older version of windows, tough luck. tech support will persuade to to spend long periods of time downloading program updates that you really do not need, then tell you that the product will not work with your system.” ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-labeling-pny-technologies/255206/2 "2004-07-15T03:39:02Z")
I know those Microsofties are weird about this sort of thing, but isn’t Windows 98 a good six years old? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-labeling-pny-technologies/255206/3 "2004-07-15T04:46:41Z")
Well, yeah, but Windows XP is too bloated and crap to run on a five-year-old computer. (I’m still running Windows Me, hee hee) Anyway, **longhair** , I believe [you can get the proper drivers from PNY Tech’s backwards European cousins](http://www.pny-europe.com/uk/support_attache_drivers.asp). Of course, I believe a lot of crazy shit. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-labeling-pny-technologies/255206/4 "2004-07-15T22:22:32Z")
friend friedo, i have some technical pplications that will not run on any operating system newer than windows 98. windows xp has no dos support. friend larry mudd, i returned the pny drive as a defective product, and i plan to find a thumb drive that actually performs as advertised ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2004, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-in-labeling-pny-technologies/255206/5 "2004-07-16T12:22:37Z")
> [@longhair75](#): > > i have some technical pplications that will not run on any operating system newer than windows 98. windows xp has no dos support. If that’s all that’s holding you back, you can always dual-boot or run windows 95 under a virtualpc session.\* Technology isn’t going to stay in the same place forever–you’ll have to upgrade eventually. - I highly recommend this, by the way. Cool program.