At 06:42 PM 9/24/2006, you wrote:
How come there is such a disparity in the price of system memory and thumb drive type memory?
speed and the ability to use it over and over again. System RAM is a LOT faster then a USB drive.... by a factor or what... 10 ... 100? A thumb drive has a limited re-use. Nothing that would effect normal use, but it couldn't handle the sustain read writes of system memory.
There are several ads this weekend for 1 GB thumb drives for about $20-$25. A gig of system memory is about $100. Seems like a large difference. Reasons? Inquiring minds want to know.
Well Maximum PC has a run off this month on USB drives. Their choice is the 2GB Sandisk Cruzer Titanium which they show at $120 Runner up is a OCZ Rally2 4GB for $130
The reason I was looking at thumb memory is my college freshman daughter thinks one would be useful. Comments, good brands to look at, potential problems, size, etc. Thanks, Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
