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Kingston Unveils $1000 USB Flash Drive

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-they-can dept.

Barence writes "Kingston has unveiled the 'world's first' 256GB flash drive, raising flash drive storage to the kind of capacity you normally associate with laptop hard disks. Kingston claims the drive is 'ideal for netbook users who want to extend the limited capacity of their machines,' although given that the device costs about twice as much as a netbook, buyers could probably get more storage by purchasing two of the cheap ultraportables. The device is made on a build-to-order basis, with a suggested UK retail price of £650.52 including VAT — that's an astonishing $1074.69 at current exchange rates. Not exactly cheap and cheerful."

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  1. Re:Two netbooks? by navygeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    You seem surprised....

  2. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 5, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  3. Re:So by ivan_w · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ooops.. Here is a correction for you..

    After removing the tax, applying the exchange rate and dropping the price a bit, I've worked out that it'll retail for around $6,500,000.50 (+/- $.50) in the US.

    --Ivan

  4. Wow, at that cost... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It better come pre-loaded with the cure for cancer.

    1. Re:Wow, at that cost... by bertoelcon · · Score: 2, Funny
      Maybe 10MB of it is human.

      The rest is Rule 34 backups.

      --
      Anything can be found funny, from a certain point of view.
  5. $1000 USB is still USB... by Guppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Kingston Unveils $1000 USB Flash Drive

    This is a little like making a gem-encrusted toilet seat. While undoubtedly a useful interface (I use it almost every day), it is ill-suited to fast, bulk transfers, and I'm anticipating crappy performance despite the high price tag.

    1. Re:$1000 USB is still USB... by EdipisReks · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is a little like making a gem-encrusted toilet seat. While undoubtedly a useful interface (I use it almost every day), it is ill-suited to fast, bulk transfers, and I'm anticipating crappy performance despite the high price tag.

      I find the toilet seat to be perfectly well suited to fast bulk transfers.

    2. Re:$1000 USB is still USB... by Voyager529 · · Score: 4, Funny

      This is a little like making a gem-encrusted toilet seat. While undoubtedly a useful interface (I use it almost every day), it is ill-suited to fast, bulk transfers, and I'm anticipating crappy performance despite the high price tag.

      I find the toilet seat to be perfectly well suited to fast bulk transfers.

      ...and crappy performance.

  6. Re:So by Bobartig · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wait you've got a screw driver, mallot, pin chaser and pliers and you're using some weirdo gun part to open the can?

    --
    This is where I get my recommended daily allowance of "Foot in Mouth."
  7. redundancy isn't the point by harkabeeparolyn · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... size is. Put simply, for the first time 256 GB can comfortably fit inside a human anus. If you can't see a use for that, then you're not living your life nearly dangerously enough.

    1. Re:redundancy isn't the point by RockDoctor · · Score: 2, Funny

      Better to just encrypt it and carry it through with the rest of your stuff. Hiding it in strange places is only going to pique security's interest.

      What's "strange" about stuffing it up your hole? Make the ablative "survive fall from space" coating (see my comment up-thread) in a Caucasian pink, Asian brown, or African "black" ("umber" would be more appropriate? not that it's a precise colour) ; make the "aerodynamic drag" shape so that it won't disappear up your rectum. Carry a spare in your briefcase.
      [Security Guard] There appears to be a suspicious mass up your ass sir - I can see it on the scanner.
      [Data Smuggler] It's my butt-plug, ossifer ; I always travel with a plug up my butt. It make the endless hours standing in queues and eating rubber chicken much more bearable. I can fantasise about being butt-done by my favourite butt-doer.
      [SG] ! {speechless}
      [DS] In fact, ossifer, it might make your working day pass much more nicely too. Look, I've got a spare in my briefcase. you can try it just now. If you've never used one before, you'll need to lubricate it {spits, polishes, proffers rubber implement with legend "give it to me big boy!" clearly legible along the length.} a lot {spits} to get it all in.

      Well, you might end up getting a lot more than you expected in a CIA Black Prison. But hey, that's been a hazard of travel for most of a decade now.

      Did you notice that I slipped in (sorry!) a fictional whole body scanner that can discriminate the wiring in a USB stick? No? well, it is fictional.

      --
      Birds are not dinosaur descendants;birds are dinosaurs, for all useful meanings of "birds", "are" and "dinosaurs"
  8. Re:But how damage-resistant is it? by Jared555 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think at that point you would be more concerned about
    1. The heat it endures during reentry and
    2. Finding it