These days, USB flash drives are incredibly popular. From business executives to students to casual computer users, one of these units offers a compact, affordable, versatile, simple and affordable solution to data storage. Did I mention that they are affordable? Cheap USB flash drives are everywhere!
For those who have perhaps been living under a rock for the last five years, a USB flash drive plugs directly into the USB port on your computer, and acts as a sort of miniature, portable hard drive. Generally weighing in at less than thirty grams, a cheap USB flash drive can hold anywhere up to thirty two gigabytes of data, with more professional models going up, in some cases, to one hundred and twenty eight gigabytes. That's a huge amount of data storage space, packed into a tiny device.
Here are the main reasons to get yourself a one of these devices:
(1) Compact - These things are tiny, and can easily fit on any key ring or lanyard. Flash drives are sometimes referred to as 'thumb drives,' because that's about as big as they get.
(2) Versatile - Due to their small size, one of these devices is able to moved around incredibly easily. How would you like to take around your data portfolio... in your back pocket?
(3) Inexpensive - As previously mentioned, they are cheap, ranging from between ten to fifty dollars each, depending on the data storage capacity of the unit you decide upon.
(4) Durable - Due to the portable nature of a flash drive, they are built to be tough. One of the more professional models is even contained within an iron shell. Perhaps overkill, but you're never, ever going to break it!
(5) Speedy - The USB 2.0 technology of modern computers is incredibly fast. You'll be moving gigabytes upon gigabytes of data in no time.
I, myself, as a prior university student, probably owe my university degree to my own personal memory stick, as it saved me time and time again when assessments were due, and the internet had crashed, my printer had died, and I needed a piece handing in within the hour! I'm sure other students would have very similar stories to tell.
Remember, a cheap USB flash drive does not mean that it is a poorly made, dodgy device. Compact mass storage devices are on the frontier of modern day technology, as scientists work ever so hard trying to shove more digital storage space into as small a device as possible. It's a fascinating, evolving and innovative industry that produces some of the highest quality products around.
So, if you are in need of a place to store your data files, or just want an easy way to move data from one computer to another, why not grab yourself a cheap USB flash drive? For such a little price, I can guarantee that you'll find them incredibly useful!
Head over to your local or online computer store, and get yourself one today for the same price it would cost to get a lunch meal deal at your local food court.
It seems that small things do come in small packages!
