Recommendations for USB flash drive

BobGir bobgir at earthlink.net
Sat Jul 24 19:16:06 PDT 2004


Brett - 

    Whichever one folks recommend, if you don't need one immediately, do
subscribe to DealMac and track the prices on these things before paying
retail.

    I got a Kingston 65 (?) Mb one for $10 with a mail in rebate.  Works
just fine.  Do remember to reformat it when you get it because it will be
formatted for a PC and when you try to save files or folders with certain
characters in their titles that a PC formatted flash drive doesn't like, it
will give you an alert telling you you have to change the file name on a
file that has existed just fine on your Mac.

    Just checked DealMac and found, fyi

> As a reader found, Fry's Outpost.com offers the Lexar 128MB USB 2.0 Jump Drive
> Sport for $19.99. A $10 mail-in rebate knocks it down to $9.99.
> That's...(more)

> eCOST.com offers the Kingston DataTraveler I 256MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive for
> $38.99 before a $15 mail-in rebate, $23.99 after, the lowest price
> we've...(more)

> The Iomega Micro Mini 64MB USB 2.0 Flash Drive costs $29 at eCOST.com. A $20
> mail-in rebate knocks the net price to $9, the lowest we've seen....(m

    bob



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