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Portable Storage?

Posted by Cliff on from the movable-data dept.

An anonymous reader asks: "I need a portable storage solution, as I strongly desire to keep my personal stuff separate from my work stuff. In the past I have used some types of portable external hard drive (via USB connection), but I wasn't too pleased with the quality of the barebones models I found at Fry's. With so many new types of portable storage out (USB keys, 2.5" drives, full drives with enclosures, etc) I would appreciate some feedback from others using this type of device regarding what their favorite brand or model is. Remember: bigger storage is better, as is smaller size."

8 of 479 comments (clear)

  1. Ok by jamoan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is that your final answer?

  2. Re:one word: iPodisNOTtheAnswer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    mod parent informative because he mentioned iPod...

  3. Re:FP BITCHES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude!! Can I invite you to my next party?!?

  4. Re:ximeta by StarKruzr · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hey, I'm in Staten Island and curious about this NYMPHS thing, which sounds like it'd be a good bit more active (and less rigid) than NYLUG. Are you guys still recruiting? :)

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    +++ATH0
  5. Re:IPod... by superbondbond · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    and you can get a free one too with a little effort

    http://www.freeipods.com/default.aspx?referer=7288 803

  6. A personal assistant! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What better portable storage can there possibly be than a personal assistant? Their storage capacity is unmeasured, but potentially immense. A lot of this is accomplished using advanced compression algorithms that translate perceptions into approximated symbolic information. The potential is unlimited!

    There are some drawbacks though. Writes occasionally fail, and reads become more difficult as time progresses. Also, although they can move under their own power, if you still need a smaller model you'll have to do some searching. Children are fairly portable, but writes fail at an alarming rate. Midgits will have a better memory, but they're harder to find.

    Oh, and avoid the politician type completely. Their memory can be changed by anybody that pays them enough.

  7. Re:ximeta by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "I woulda coulda shoulda...."
    (whines deleted)

    That's what you get, you bastard, for d0rking with my drinking materials at DEFCON.

    Remember:

    ".....best served ICE COLD....."


    Remember to keep an eye out for the black helicopters....

    RED
  8. Re:iPod? by aminorex · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, we duct tape our doors and cower while the tall buildings come down because rough men
    with broomsticks are raping little boys in foreign lands.

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    -I like my women like I like my tea: green-