USB Flash Drive Purchasing Advice

[Bob Gorman]

At 12:03 PM 7/20/2004, Drew Taylor wrote:
>Brendan wrote:
>>
>>My Lexar rubberized  Jumpdrive survives anything I throw at it and works great with Linux, and Windows. 256 MB on special at newegg for $23 shipped a few weeks back.
>
>Is this a USB 1.1 or 2.0 drive? That price is insanely awesome if it's a 2.0 drive. How does it feel speed-wise? For $23 I'm very tempted to go out and get one just because...

For the bargain shoppers...

At ebuyer.com for $21 (after rebate, no shipping) you can get a brand-name:

        SanDisk 256MB Cruzer-Mini USB 2.0 Drive
        http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?product_uid=115907
        http://www.sandisk.com/retail/cruzer-mini.asp

These are the 'mini' ones, not the 'micro'.

For $40 (+$4? shipping) you can get the PQI ultra-small one that also doubles as flash media for other digital devices:

        PQI Intelligent Stick 256MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive
        http://shop.store.yahoo.com/digi4me/pqiinsttrdi1.html
        http://www.pqi.com.tw/eng/ourproduct/ourproduct.htm

Have fun!