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Title: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: spyder9 on January 07, 2013, 03:28:10 PM
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.      :o

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/kingston-1tb-flash-drive/
Title: Re: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: rastasean on January 07, 2013, 03:36:09 PM
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?
Title: Re: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: spyder9 on January 07, 2013, 06:12:58 PM

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. 
Title: Re: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: macdaddy on January 07, 2013, 07:03:38 PM
I've done that with a sdhc card and a cf card, which are essentially the same as a thumb drive... both worked fine.

Title: Re: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: adrianf74 on January 07, 2013, 11:22:29 PM
1 TB thumb drive for $3,500.00.  (guesstimate)

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

Still pretty awesome.  And expensive.
Title: Re: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: twatts (pants are so over-rated...) on January 07, 2013, 11:50:48 PM
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
Title: Re: 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
Post by: rastasean on January 08, 2013, 12:37:01 AM
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.