Nice deal
USB 2.0 Intelligent Stick (512 MB) $17.99 at buy.com (+$5.56 shipping = $23.55)
A couple years ago, I bought the 128 MB stick it at Home Depot ,of all places, for about $12. It's in the photo above. It's super small. 1 11/16" x 11/16" x 3/32". That's less than 1/8" thick!
The plastic case (shown on top of my wallet) is slightly thicker than a credit card, though it could be alot thinner given the super-slim nature of the usb stick. The carrier should have three slots instead of two. There's plenty of wasted space on the carrier. Nonetheless, it's still a great tool.
I keep it in my wallet all the time. It makes transferring files between work and home very easy. Plus I keep a few files on the usb stick that I like to reference here and there. It's also cool because I feel like a spy every time I use it. However, I have often been frustrated by the 128MB capacity. I've been looking for larger usb sticks.
Buy.com has the 512MB for $18 ($23.55 including shipping). Meritline.com has the 1GB stick for $28.50 with free shipping. I've never heard of Meritline.com before, but 30 bucks for a gigger hidden away in my wallet is a great deal.
I can't decide if i want the 512 from buy.com (which i've bought from before) or take a leap and go with meritline and their 1 gigger.
Careful. Those Flash drives have a nasty habit of getting corrupt out of the blue. Be sure you have extra copies of your files from it somewhere else.
I have a 128 and a 512 that I got during school. They were pretty handy. But nothing beats an iPod for file portability. I have a 40-gig version that can hold oh-so-much data! And it plays music too.
Posted by: laura k. "skew" on Sep 19, 06 | 5:04 am
I'd be afraid to get the 1gb drive, just because it would be tempting to put more files on there, and a drive that skinny looks to be quite fragile and prone to data loss--especially if you carry the thing around in your wallet all the time.
Think to when you have put a file over 300mb in size on a drive? Do you have a need to put large photoshop files on there? If not, stick to the half gig.
well, it's been over a month i finally got my 1GB Intelligent stick flash drive. I don't think i could recommend yesbuy.net to anyone. They didn't even send me a receipt in my email. $13 for a super slim 1GB flash drive is a bargain, but it seems like there was a chance i would never have received my flash drive. Then it wudda been $13 down the toilet.
