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Flash Drive Roundup

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the how-can-they-be-smaller-and-bigger dept.

Braedley writes "When [Ars] last took an in-depth look at USB flash drives in 2005, the landscape was a bit different. A 2GB drive ran nearly $200, and speeds were quite a bit slower then. At the time, we noted that while the then-current crop of drives was pretty fast, they still were not close to saturating the bandwidth of USB2. To top it off, a good drive was still going to set you back $50 or $70--not exactly a cheap proposition. Since our first roundup, this picture has changed considerably, and it leads to a question: has the flash drive become an undifferentiated commodity, just like any other cheap plastic tsotschke that you might find at an office supply store checkout counter?"

2 of 311 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And... more abuse of moderation by iamdrscience · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Nobody wants to hear you cry about your broken flash drive, alright? This is not the place for that, hence, "Off-topic".

  2. Re:Abuse of moderation by Ex-MislTech · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I imagine the Flash drive would work fine on another OS.

    Vista has been known to have other problems as well.

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