what about flash drives

[Ray Zee]

i got a san disk i gig flash drive- goes into usb port and works wonderfully. i havent seen anyone touting them and wonder why. no need for cd disks anymore. i understand they keep the data a year or two. the download speed to them is almost instant compared to copying files to a cd. i see no downside, so what am i missing here. mine was 50 bucks and i see costco has an 8 gig one for 100 but a little bigger. these things are small like 3/4 inch by two inches or so.

[ColdCaller]

Not cheap to replace, not all people have them, can't listen to flash drives in the car.

[ajml]

They are very useful to back up documents, unfortunately I cannot seem to have one for more than a month before I lose it.

[Steve]

I've wondered the same thing for a while. I carry mine with me everywhere, keep everything on it. Everybody always looks at it and says, "wowwwww, cooooollll...", and I say "you know, you can get one of these for $39 at Best Buy?"

[JayF]

One thing that is an absolute must with those drive are Portable apps (http://portableapps.com/)

Its so much more pleasant to open Firefox on a new computer and find everything just like your own PC...(or any other supported portable app)

[stabn]

I have a 256 i use but typically it's just for WoW patches :P.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

I just bought a 2 GB SD card for $50. it's more versatile than a USB Drive, as I can use it in my digital camera, or to hold MP3's in my treo.

my PC has a built in SD card reader, and I bought a small SD card reader for my laptop. so it's nearly as convenient to use as a USB flash drive, but more useful.

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One thing that is an absolute must with those drive are Portable apps (http://portableapps.com/)

Its so much more pleasant to open Firefox on a new computer and find everything just like your own PC...(or any other supported portable app)

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