On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Thompson, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > They can get scratched and become unreadable. Just had it happen. We had > an INSTALL DVD get a scratch on it, and it became a coaster. Mind you, > it was in a protection sleeve inside a thick cardboard media envelope. > > Granted, you can make the same arguments for a USB drive (well, what if > they dropped it?). But it is, in my opinion, harder to screw up a 4GB > thumb drive than it is to screw up a DVD. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson I can vouch for that. My thumb drive has been through the laundry -twice- and still works. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
