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xaver

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USB memory stick

Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:46:49 PM #14503 Perm Link

What USB memory drive(s) do you use, and what size do you think is sufficient these days?

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Aron Schatz

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Re: USB memory stick

Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:52:12 PM #14506 Perm Link

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I see no reason not to at least 512MB these days. Prices are real cheap. Even the 1GB sticks are cheap. Wait another few months and the 2GB sticks will drop as well.

It is getting to the point where it is cheaper than RAM.

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Re[2]: USB memory stick

Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:11:30 PM #14521 Perm Link

In response to Aron Schatz #14506

No free lunches!

Edited at Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:57:16 PM

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xaver

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Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:02:36 PM #14527 Perm Link

I was tempted to get a 64 or 128 MB one since they are cheap like you said, but I think I'll wait for the higher capacity ones to come down in price.

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Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:17:10 AM #14552 Perm Link

I have a 512, and that's even more than enough for me.

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xaver

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Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:40:23 PM #14584 Perm Link

512 is probably more than enough for me also Smile

If I really need more storage, I can transfer some files to a remote host temporarily and redownload them later on.

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Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:28:40 AM #14595 Perm Link

Then there we go. Smile

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Thu Feb 9, 2006 4:12:32 PM #14834 Perm Link

If you go cheap, you won't get speed. There are different speeds of memory chips available for USB flash memory drives.

Spend more and get a 512MB *FAST* memory stick, rather than a 1GB or 2GB stick for the same price, but slow.

Unless all you're planning on doing is saving one word document at a time or you don't care about speed at all.

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Fri Feb 10, 2006 7:52:42 PM #14860 Perm Link

All I use it for is for word files for school, etc.