On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 9:57 AM +0000 12/7/2008, Simon Royal wrote: >> >>If you have only a small amount of data or do not want to break the >>bank, just get a USB flash drive. You can pick up 2GB ones for under a >>tenner and while it will be slow on a machine with USB 1.1 it will do >>the job. >
Read this about flash tech before depending on it for anything other than very temporary storage. http://www.dfwuug.org/wiki/Main/FlashMemory > A friend of mine is doing just this. Actually... Instead of a real > flash memory drive, she's using 2/3 of her generic MP3 Player to hold > her backups. Works well. And there's enough space left over to hold > her day's playlist and then some. LOL Remember a little trilogy of films called "Lord of the Rings" ? they used ipods as DV storage extensively to carry the day's shoots to the editing room > > My housemates stash stuff on camera media cards. He got them for > cheap on eBay - 99c to $4 each. I think he paid $8 for the USB > Reader gizmo. Be very wary of flash on ebay. There is plenty of great deals, but if someone is selling an 8GB flash for $1 chances are it is fake (I know, sob sob) see this warning from ebay: http://reviews.ebay.com/BEWARE-of-FAKE-16GB-32GB-64GB-USB-Flash-Drives-on-eBay_W0QQugidZ10000000001236200 here is a page of warnings about various models: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/memory-stick-pro-duo_W0QQuqtZg #1 dont buy anything that has a pic from the mfg site make sure they will show a pic of the actual item that is a big tell -- I'm a PC AND I RUN LINUX!!! Alan Turing - "Machines take me by surprise with great frequency." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
