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USB Flash Drive Round-up

Posted by Zonk on from the yeee-haw dept.

Adam writes "Ars has published a massive USB 2.0 Hi-speed Flash drive roundup, with 10 USB 2.0 flash drives that they've tested on three OSes. They rate the drives by performance, durability, and features/accessories (including the crappy software that no one uses). Definitely a good read for anyone who has recently sat on their USB thumbdrive!"

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  1. Obligatory by Have+Blue · · Score: 3, Funny

    They seem to have neglected this flash drive that comes with a free MP3 player.

  2. Re:iPod shuffle ... by WormholeFiend · · Score: 2, Funny

    I use the iRiver with the Korean UMS firmware upgrade you insensitive clod!

    And I'm not an old person in Korea.

  3. a drive full of shit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    Definitely a good read for anyone who has recently sat on their USB thumbdrive!

    I think the only thing good for someone who did that would be a first aid kit...

    -SJ53

  4. Re:Well done, Slashdot! by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 4, Funny

    It might take 10 days to make its first appearance on slash, but you can be sure it will be back tomorrow.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  5. In other words... by camcorder · · Score: 2, Funny

    Everyone is becoming a geek.

  6. Heh ... by B3ryllium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Definitely a good read for anyone who has recently sat on their USB thumbdrive!

    Shouldn't that be called a "Bumdrive" now?

    In all seriousness, though, I've been trying to find reviews on the Creative Labs MuVo TX FM 1GB. I'm very interested in getting one, but I want to hear if anyone's encountered issues with it. Tom's Hardware had a glowing review of the MuVo TX (non-FM), and their only gripe seemed to be the lack of an FM radio.

    Anyone here own one? Seen a review? Heck, *written* a review? Link me please :)

  7. Sandisk by LittleLebowskiUrbanA · · Score: 2, Funny

    Washed and dried in my pants pocket and didn't lose any data or have any problems. Can't get any better than that.

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    This guy is way out there
  8. Mod his post "Luddite" by jfb3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Luddite.

  9. Re:out of style faster than the floppy by mrsev · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you on crack? You say "out of style faster than the floppy"

    I assume that you are talking about the floppy disc that I have been using since the end of the 80s and still occasionay use.

    By your argument the usb drive will last ONLY 20 years!

  10. Re:my experience with Apacer by mrsev · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can recommend using you pockets to store things. They come with the possibility to upgrade to V2.0 pockets with 600% capacity on the new McHammer Deluxe models.

  11. Re:Iomega Micro Mini drives are even smaller/bette by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    On the other hand, their products work great as entropy sources for hardware PRNG acceleration.

    Sure, it worked great for me until I got this in my data stream:

    1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click*