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USB FlashDrives The New PC?

Posted by Zonk on from the for-limited-amounts-of-functionality dept.

olddotter writes "Yahoo has an article about how large capacity USB drives might be redefining the concept of the personal computer. The article is windows specific, but think knopix on a flash drive." From the article: "When you check into an average hotel room and find -- alongside the alarm clock, hair dryer and DVD player that once were bring-your-own items but now are as standard as the furniture -- a cheap PC for guests to plug into, as our truly personal computing environment travels with us."

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  1. Or you can go one better... by Afecks · · Score: 5, Informative

    ...check out VirtualPrivacyMachine. DamnSmallLinux made completely anonymous with Tor.

  2. I like this concept by technoextreme · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have always been fascinated by the programs that can boot off a flash drive because I don't own a computer yet. These programs are quite useful and so far I know of three. (Open Office, Mozilla, and an HTML editor) Does anyone else know what programs can be booted off such a drive?

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    Ooo man the floppy drive is broken. No wait. The computer is just upside down.