Still amazed by USB dongle key things

condra

My mate came up this evening. He wanted to grab a few things off me and had a little tiny USB key with him, about the size of my baby finger.

"Thats cute", I said, "how much can it hold, five twelve?" I asked
"2 gigs" he said.
":eek: " I said.

It cost him only 99 quid and it holds 2 gigs. He told me there was a 4 gig one for 150 quid.

Im still blown away by usb keys. They rock my geeky little world. Perhaps I need to get out more. Does anyone else think they rule?

mukki

they are brilliant allright, i got a 4gig one myself for a lot less then €150, delivered to my door

condra

bloody nora. how much? from who...m?

smemon

yeah they rock

although i would never use 4gigs. i just use them for word/ excel files, maybe the odd bit of software a friend/relative wants.

ive a usb swiss knife with 128mb, does the job grand for me handy little yolk to have on my keys as well.

melekalikimaka

i got one for a fiver...god bless hong knog

Ruu_Old

They are excellent devices, so useful when running around trying to fix computers. Put your fav apps on there and off you go.

Lump

I have a 1 gig, from 7 day shop, it cost £19

Slippin Jimmy

Lump wrote:

I have a 1 gig, from 7 day shop, it cost £19

:eek: I take it thats a shop on the net. How much roughly would it cost in euro? I am thinking of getting one. How long did it take to deliver?

jesus_thats_gre

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Lump

I'm in England.

condra

lump- thanks for the heads up on http://www.7dayshop.com - nice site. ill be pickin up something there meself.

Lump

No worries Be warned it might take a few days delivery to Ireland, it took 2 for me from the time I ordered till it arrived, but I'm in London, AFAIK the stuff comes from the channel Islands, like play.com stuff

Slippin Jimmy

Lads I see a nice little one on ebay for about €25 including delivery. It says that it is brand new. Its 1gb. Would there be any problems buying it off ebay?

Lump

That's the one I got... It works and is smaller then I thought

John

Eoin

Ruu wrote:

They are excellent devices, so useful when running around trying to fix computers. Put your fav apps on there and off you go.

Definitely - I remember having to run around with an Iomega Zip drive instead, the discs for them were massive, plus you had to install drivers for it on every PC you used it on...

elvis hicks

Yeah.

I love my usb thing. so handy.

HashSlinging

Im looking for a 4GIG memory key has anyone gone that big. Any recommendations.

tk123

I have the 2g one the have 4g ones too : http://www.shop4memory.com/products/usb-drive-jetflash-110.asp

HashSlinging

excellent, good price also, nice find.

condra

Looking forward to solid state hard drives. Yummy.

I wonder will I ever be able to get a SATA sold state harddrive that will work in my macbook. That would be kool.

GrumPy

I have a 128MB one, got off komplett last year, cost me about €30 at the time..... gotta love buying into new technology so early

Slippin Jimmy

I got one off ebay, brand new for under €22. 1GB, it is going to take at most two weeks to get it delivered. Worth the wait I hope:D .

byrnefm

I bought a 2GB (Samsung) one off 7day shop recently - took two weeks to arrive (!) but it was worth it - only £30 + shipping! Looks very slick, too.

fletch

I got a 1gb one a while back and i actually find it too small...its only slightly bigger than an SD card...impresses people with how much space it has tho