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Patroclus
June 14th 2003, 09:40 PM
What do you all think about flash drives? I just bought one today at Fry's (I know, that in itself is evil) that stores 128 megs worth of info. They plug into your USB port and act as a removable drive.

My concern is that, while they seem extremely efficient, they seem to present some dangers, such as the ability to rapidly hardline harmful data and viruses onto computers.
Piebald
June 14th 2003, 09:41 PM
I just bought one today at Fry's

/ot No way! Fry's rocks! I go to the huge one over in Fremont!
$cirisme
June 14th 2003, 09:47 PM
I saw one of those at Walmart for $19, which I thought was interesting cause I saw them last year for over $100.

:hrm:
Bill the Cat
June 14th 2003, 09:47 PM
I saw one that was 2 GB for like $600
Piebald
June 14th 2003, 09:49 PM
Only 19 bucks?? That's awesome!!
$cirisme
June 14th 2003, 10:00 PM
It was the last one... I would probably have picked it up, but it didn't have a USB cable in the package.

:hrm:
Patroclus
June 14th 2003, 10:54 PM
After buying this, I have begun to think that USB ports are a security risk. Does anybody know of any literature on the subject?
Em7add11
June 16th 2003, 07:27 PM
I have one that's also 128megs and have had no virus problems. It's a great way to put that broadband connection at school to work and get things home quickly.

My front USB ports aren't working anymore so I bought a 4-port USB hub that sits on top of my computer and that works like a charm.

No virus troubles yet.
jabberwocky
June 21st 2003, 12:35 AM
Where's this virus concern come from? It's like a floppy disk, but more storage and faster and solid state. You can't even boot from them (yet), so there's less potential for badness than the good old 3 1/2".

Got 1 for my birthday - I think the price (~AU$0.50/MB) is a bit too high for me to have got one otherwise. It is cool, though, for when you don't have internet/FTP handy at both ends of your transfer.