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Answer» I'm wanting to know about Flash drives. The difference in prices as well as performance when storing files and such onto them. I've found some flash drives to store the same amount, yet be much more pricey then the other. Can anyone explain them to me?Not sure I can explain all but - the category I avoid PERSONALLY is the stuff with software on already - such as the U3 "Cruzer" for example. I want simply a STORAGE device, altho some have just ONE small file on board - I guess to help ID the stick to Windows. I have bought my drives often when Circuit City had a good deal going and this applied to my Memorex sticks - 2 x 2Gb and a 4Gb ... no complaints with these at all. The Lexar sticks seem OK too. Not sure PRICE is a guide entirely - as Sony examples seem higher priced and not sure if any advantage at all. Then Kingston - well right now we have a thread running where someone's Kingston flash sticks are not recognized on his puter - or won't run properly. Worth Googling ''Portable Apps"' BTW - you can run a good useful set of apps from the flash stick - enough so that you could work on another computer with just your own stuff.Look for the lifetime warranty always. And make sure that the service center is near/accessible from your location. Quote from: randysilverio on October 02, 2008, 07:31:26 PM lifetime warranty Either the flash drives don't have a lifetime warranty, or the warranty has limitations involved, because the flash memory mechanisms only have a certain number of write cycles before they go bad.I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ?Quote from: patio on October 02, 2008, 07:54:40 PM I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ? Yes, Patio. There are too many flash drives in the market with lifetime warranty.Quote from: randysilverio on October 02, 2008, 08:06:16 PM Quote from: patio on October 02, 2008, 07:54:40 PM I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ? Yes, Patio. There are too many flash drives in the market with lifetime warranty. Like I said though, they will include limitations on that warranty that make said warranty pointless for the purposes of replacement when the storage mechanisms naturally fail. which they will.Indeed. Quote from: randysilverio on October 02, 2008, 08:06:16 PM Quote from: patio on October 02, 2008, 07:54:40 PM I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ? Yes, Patio. There are too many flash drives in the market with lifetime warranty. Which ones ? ?Kingston, Silicon Power, Transcend, PQI, Sony, etc.

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I'm wanting to know about Flash drives. The difference in prices as well as performance when storing files and such onto them. I've found some flash drives to store the same amount, yet be much more pricey then the other. Can anyone explain them to me?Not sure I can explain all but - the category I avoid PERSONALLY is the stuff with software on already - such as the U3 "Cruzer" for example. I want simply a STORAGE device, altho some have just ONE small file on board - I guess to help ID the stick to Windows.

I have bought my drives often when Circuit City had a good deal going and this applied to my Memorex sticks - 2 x 2Gb and a 4Gb ... no complaints with these at all. The Lexar sticks seem OK too.

Not sure PRICE is a guide entirely - as Sony examples seem higher priced and not sure if any advantage at all. Then Kingston - well right now we have a thread running where someone's Kingston flash sticks are not recognized on his puter - or won't run properly.

Worth Googling ''Portable Apps"' BTW - you can run a good useful set of apps from the flash stick - enough so that you could work on another computer with just your own stuff.Look for the lifetime warranty always. And make sure that the service center is near/accessible from your location. Quote from: randysilverio on October 02, 2008, 07:31:26 PM

lifetime warranty

Either the flash drives don't have a lifetime warranty, or the warranty has limitations involved, because the flash memory mechanisms only have a certain number of write cycles before they go bad.I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ?Quote from: patio on October 02, 2008, 07:54:40 PM

I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ?

Yes, Patio. There are too many flash drives in the market with lifetime warranty.Quote from: randysilverio on October 02, 2008, 08:06:16 PM

Quote from: patio on October 02, 2008, 07:54:40 PM
I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ?

Yes, Patio. There are too many flash drives in the market with lifetime warranty.

Like I said though, they will include limitations on that warranty that make said warranty pointless for the purposes of replacement when the storage mechanisms naturally fail. which they will.Indeed. Quote from: randysilverio on October 02, 2008, 08:06:16 PM

Quote from: patio on October 02, 2008, 07:54:40 PM
I've never seen a Lifetime Warranty on a flash drive...have you seen this randy ? ?

Yes, Patio. There are too many flash drives in the market with lifetime warranty.

Which ones ? ?Kingston, Silicon Power, Transcend, PQI, Sony, etc.

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