Topic: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

[spyder9]

1 TB thumb drive for $3,500.00.  (guesstimate) 

Forget about a price for a moment.

Imagine:  your whole life on a thumb drive.  Music, movies, photos, personal documents, and such. 

Amazing how far Flash technology has come in 5 years.     

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/kingston-1tb-flash-drive/

[rastasean]

It is amazing that five years has changed a lot. I have 256MB cards from about ten years ago...makes me wish I didn't waste so much money getting them.
Is it fine to use flash media as a storage solution?

[spyder9]

Is it fine to use flash media as a storage solution?

I ran a thumb drive through the washing machine a few months back.  Dried it out and plugged into a machine and all my files were there.  Try that with a spinning hard drive. 

[macdaddy]

I've done that with a sdhc card and a cf card, which are essentially the same as a thumb drive... both worked fine.

[adrianf74]

1 TB thumb drive for $3,500.00.  (guesstimate)

In four or five years, this will be $35.00. 

Still pretty awesome.  And expensive.

[twatts (pants are so over-rated...)]

1 TB thumb drive for $3,500.00.  (guesstimate)

In four or five years, this will be $35.00. 

Still pretty awesome.  And expensive.

Imagine your 20TB music collection, saved on an array of these cards inside a box the size of a cigarette pack...  drool... 

Terry

[rastasean]

sure flash media is durable but is it reliable for backups?

btw, costco has 16 gig class 10 san disk extreme for $23. target wanted $13-15 for 8 gigs in same class, brand, model.