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Answer» I hesitated to mention a small item like this in this section of the forum but where else would I put it?
Anyway, buy.com has this Kingston 4GB DataTraveler Generation 3 (G3) USB Flash Drive (White & Gray) for $6.95 and shipping is free. I don't know whether this is a temporary deal at this price and with the free shipping.
I don't even own this flash drive; I'm just posting the topic because it's a good buy. I have owned a 2GB Kingston DataTraveler and liked it. Unfortunately, I lost it. But, I don't think any technical review of the product is necessary. It's just a flash drive. However, I have a favorable opinion of the Kingston brand, having used Kingston RAM over the years and the 2GB flash drive previously mentioned.The prices on flash drives are amazing. I just bought a 4 GB Sandisk flash drive at Walmart for $9.95. I didn't need it, but I couldn't pass up a deal like that.I bought a Kingston Data Traveler Mini 4 GB for 5.99 UK pounds in my local BRANCH of Staples about 6 months ago. They were on offer then, but now this is the regular price. I see that 16 GB drives are now well under 20 uk pounds from some online suppliers. My first flash drive was 128 MB and cost 15 pounds quite a few years ago now. We now have the following flash drives at our house
128 MB ... can't bring myself to throw it away.
1 GB - Girlfriend uses to take jpegs to photo printing shop
1 GB - Bootable. Grub4dos, can boot from selectable ISO of Ubuntu 10.4 live CD or Windows 7 Recovery Disk
4 GB - dedicated to Readyboost
4 GB - My 40 UK pounds Toshiba DVD player has a USB port and plays AVIs and MPEGs.*
8 GB - As above.
At this time, according to Google 10 British pounds = 15.94600 U.S. dollars
* Our next TV will probably have these features too.
I had a 128MB Lexar Jumpdrive; I got it after my first, a 256MB Sandisk Cruzer Mini. This has since failed. I ended up throwing away the 128MB because my laptop fell backwards on top of hit (it had it's USB port in the back) and pretty well snapped it in half. I was able to use it for quite some time by simply putting it back TOGETHER, but it was intermittent. I decided to try to solder it back together... That unfortunately failed since it didn't work at all, so I tossed it.
flash drive:
256MB Cruzer Mini (a newer style then the original I had, far slimmer (the old one is about the size of my thumb)). And it works, which is a big plus over the other one.
512MB Cruzer Micro (one of those sliding types); use this for transferring smaller files to and from other PCs, usually when they cannot connect to the network for whatever reason.
512MB Memorex Traveldrive.Again, for transferring files. No idea why I can't just have one for this purpose. Oh well.
2GB Kingston Datatraveler Same as above, pretty much, as far as purpose goes. looks like any other datatraveler, except it's green.
2x 8GB Kingston Datatravelers; these were being sold for $9.99 so I snapped two up. One is for storage/transfer of LARGER files (which for some reason refuse to transfer over the network) as well as holding a set of troubleshooting tools and scanner program installers so I can just pop it in to a troubled PC and hopefully figure out what's going on.
another 2 8GB SanDisk Cruzers. One has Linux Mint 9 on it, the other- hmm, I'm not sure. I think it might be empty. Although I also think I lost it, I can't seem to find it for the life of me. Oh well, they always seem to turn up. I don't buy USB flash drives anymore because they don't tell you what the read/write speeds are. I got a Sandisk 16GB and it is extremely slow on the writes, the reads are just fine. An old 2GB is twice as fast.
I now use SDHC Class 6 or 10 with a USB adapter. At least, you have some idea of the speed before you buy. The Class 6 is twice as fast on the writes as the Sandisk USB. The Class 10 is 3X the speed. The reads are all about the same.Quote from: Computer_Commando on October 11, 2010, 06:09:48 PM I don't buy USB flash drives anymore [...] I now use SDHC Class 6 or 10 with a USB adapter.
Well, bully for you That´s OK if your are rich. (or fantasising). Would such a device fit in your pocket and/or plug into a TV or DVD player without an additional power supply?
Quote from: rthompson80819 on September 17, 2010, 05:15:34 PMI didn't need it, but I couldn't pass up a deal like that.
I have more than one 32GB flash drives. I'm still not sure why... The Sony Micro Vault Clicks are pretty cool. Sandisk makes some higher end flash drives that have better read/write speeds but I haven't found a reason to need blinding speeds for a flash drive. A 500GB portable drive costs as much as a large flash drive...
I've never had any issues with my Kingstons (both 2GB, NEW and old style). They are among my smallest but I seem to them more often than the bigger ones.
Quote from: Salmon Trout* Our next TV will probably have these features too.
It's a worthy feature IMHO. Optionally, and cheaper then a large flat screen, you can get an entertainment center with a USB post. Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 12, 2010, 02:51:53 AM...That´s OK if your are rich. (or fantasising). Would such a device fit in your pocket and/or plug into a TV or DVD player without an additional power supply? What are you talking about? The adapter is $6.00. It's a little bit wider than most flash drives.
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