There is a difference between brands of flash drives, but finding hard data for comparison is close to impossible. Since G3 iMacs support only USB 1.1, any brand will do. Be aware that writing to a USB drive is excruciatingly slow over USB 1.1.
I have had good luck with Microcenter's [ www.microcenter.com ] house brand. They carry a bunch of sizes, and will sell you a decent 8GB drive for only $14.99, which is a whole lot better deal than you'll find at your local office supply store. If you want serious capacity, forget flash and go for a portable hard drive. Judith Rosenbaum wrote: > I want to be able to preserve my files - > I have no experience with flash drives and > would appreciate any guidance you can share. > > Here are the specs for my seriously out-of-date machine: 500Mghz, 256 Mg > memory, running OS X.2.8. > I plan to update my Mac and internet service early next year. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
