USB Keys

[lawrence]

The computer people have got to know what I'm talking about, everyone I know is getting one of these little USB sticks that plugs into a computer. They're pretty big, 256mg to 512. What's the cheapest you can get them online? I found some for 35 but I figured I could get them for less. Do they come bigger than 215megs, and are they generally reliable? Obviously I will use a backup, just are they fast/reliable?

[swede123]

Check out the ads in the paper from Office Depot, CompUsa, Best Buy etc. Often they have sales where you can get these pretty cheap. I picked up a few 128mb ones for 10 bucks each at CompUsa a while back. They come as big as 1gb (1024mb) but you probably have to pay upwards of 80 bucks or more for those.

Swede

[asofel]

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The computer people have got to know what I'm talking about, everyone I know is getting one of these little USB sticks that plugs into a computer. They're pretty big, 256mg to 512. What's the cheapest you can get them online? I found some for 35 but I figured I could get them for less. Do they come bigger than 215megs, and are they generally reliable? Obviously I will use a backup, just are they fast/reliable?

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i recommended a 512 to a friend the other day. check out crucial.com...
now with linkage (http://www.crucial.com/store/listmfgr.asp?cat=drives+storage)

[Mars357]

I just ordered this one (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820189013) from newegg.com

512 MB for 31.99 minus a 10.00 rebate for a grand total of 21.99...great price!

On a side note, I once owned the best computer of anyone I knew... People were shitting their pants because it had 750 MB of hard drive space. I had about 12K into that computer... It also had 32 Megs of ram that cost about $1600....oh how times have changed!

[CallMeIshmael]

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On a side note, I once owned the best computer of anyone I knew... People were shitting their pants because it had 750 MB of hard drive space. I had about 12K into that computer... It also had a gig of ram that cost about $1600....oh how times have changed!

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You had a computer with more RAM than HD space???

[Mars357]

You are right....it was 32 MB Ram.....my mistake /images/graemlins/smile.gif 2 16MB chips at 800 each

[RED_RAIN]

I got a 1 gig Lexas JumpDrive which I love for a present. I believe it was under $50 after rebates.