Firm pitches $2,800 64GB USB Flash disk By Tony Smith7th April 2006 09:29 GMT US-based storage specialist Kanguru has launched the product for Flash disk fans who are unhappy with the weenie capacity most USB drives offer: a memory key with a whopping 64GB of storage capacity. The downside? It'll cost you rather more than your computer probably did. Yes, the Kanguru Flash Drive Max can be yours for a mere $2,800 with five cents change (£1,597/€2,282). For which you could alternatively buy three 320GB LaCie Little Big Drive units and walk away with $400 in change, though the latter product's a long way from the Flash Drive Max's ultra-portable 18g weight and 9.2 x 2.5 x 1.5cm casing.
that's quick silicon for professional use, so the price is justified I guess. For all us mortals there's other storage mediums. That could be turned into an interesting development tool actually. Imagine PS3 testing and debugging running from a flashcart instead of a hard disk - Then again, a modern hard disk has more than enough transfer rate to simulate a BR-drive, so the extra cost would'nt be justified heh
64 Gig? Crazy. I guess it would be good for moving a whole computer worth of data from one place to another quickly. At $2800, however, it seems a little stupid. You can get approximately 14 times more space in $2800 in Hard Drives...
*runs out and makes one...* All you need is leather craft skills. And I told you they'd come out with a 64gb one when they announced a 16gig stick about a month ago...
hey, if you work for the NSE u need that speed to copy the files. Just pray the computers u r jacking support usb 2.0
Now if only Windows supported booting directly off of a USB drive, you could have a truly plug and play OS. Just make sure to take out an insurance rider for that thing...
there's direct from USB boot feature on mobos now? :O when did this happen? could you provide some links to products?
Possible, but if you want the flash to survive set it to have 0 virtual memory, else it will die very quickly...
Don't know about Windows. But there's DSL - Damn Small Linux : http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ And you don't need a big pendrive.
