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Boblobla · 07-24-2009, 12:47 PM

Kingston Unveils the World’s First 256GB USB Flash Drive

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Kingston Technology, the independent world leader in memory products, announced the launch of the world's first 256GB USB flash drive, the Kingston Technology DataTraveler 300. It allows users to carry around a whole digital world, from thousands of image files to a whole database of documents. Users will also benefit from quick transfer rates and the option to password protects their data.

http://www.physorg.com/news167461888.html/

photon · 07-24-2009, 12:51 PM

Wow you'd use a calendar to time how long it took the files to copy.

Boblobla · 07-24-2009, 12:52 PM

I don't care, I still want one.

Russic · 07-24-2009, 12:53 PM

I remember when my entire computer had 4 gigs of memory ... that thing cost thousands.

FanIn80 · 07-24-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Russic

I remember when my entire computer had 4 gigs of memory ... that thing cost thousands.

I remember when my computer had these little beads on a piece of string that I would slide back and forth. Of course, I had the one with white beads, which cost 4x more than the ones with the brown beads... but I digress.

JustAnotherGuy · 07-24-2009, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by FanIn80

I remember when my computer had these little beads on a piece of string that I would slide back and forth. Of course, I had the one with white beads, which cost 4x more than the ones with the brown beads... but I digress.

We don't really need to know about those beads of yours.

FanIn80 · 07-24-2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

We don't really need to know about those beads of yours.

ken0042 · 07-24-2009, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Boblobla

I need one of these.

No, because if you buy it for say $300-500, in a year we will see them on sale for $45 and then the following year for $10, and all the while you will be kicking yourself for not holding off and buying the 4 TB one.

And in 15 years you will say "I remember when a TB was huge, but now that will barely fit one hologram."

Boblobla · 07-24-2009, 02:22 PM

I will still buy one because I am a sucker for these kind of things.

I have a fish tank with fake fish that plugs into my UBS port for example.

3 Justin 3 · 07-24-2009, 02:23 PM

Want one.

It is bigger than my external harddrive!

JustAnotherGuy · 07-24-2009, 03:28 PM

Since I discovered you can use your USB Flash Drive to speed up your Vista system I have been much much more happy with my laptop. So +1 for Vista for providing ReadyBoost.

Rathji · 07-24-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JustAnotherGuy

Since I discovered you can use your USB Flash Drive to speed up your Vista system I have been much much more happy with my laptop. So +1 for Vista for providing ReadyBoost.

Any benching I did with ReadyBoost showed only minor improvments going from 1 to 2 gigs. The transfer rate for USB is just to slow for much improvement. It might be faster than swapping to a HDD though, I really can't remember the comparison there.

JustAnotherGuy · 07-24-2009, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Rathji

Any benching I did with ReadyBoost showed only minor improvments going from 1 to 2 gigs. The transfer rate for USB is just to slow for much improvement. It might be faster than swapping to a HDD though, I really can't remember the comparison there.

I connect to work via a VPN and then use Oracle tools to develop. Including Toad. I gave up trying to use my laptop. I would be waiting to swap between the tools. I have a dual monitor setup so quite a few things going on. It was just not workable.

I stumbled upon the ReadyBoost thing by accident. I have an 8 gig USB thing which has 4 gig allocated to ReadyBoost. I can now use the laptop without any of those issues.

kremb · 07-25-2009, 10:45 AM

looks cool, but makes sure you check into file system specifically file size limitation.

I like my 16gb kingston flash drive but the 4gb files size limit has impeded my efforts at times.

ken0042 · 07-25-2009, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kremb

I like my 16gb kingston flash drive but the 4gb files size limit has impeded my efforts at times.

Can't you re-format it? IIRC 4GB is the limitation by using FAT32; could you not format it with NTFS?

Bertuzzied · 07-26-2009, 10:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

Can't you re-format it? IIRC 4GB is the limitation by using FAT32; could you not format it with NTFS?

hahahhahahahahaahahaha.

yes you can. hehe

alltherage · 07-27-2009, 11:28 AM

That's freaking HUGE!! Unreal how fast technology works...