In ancient times, a few megabytes were considered to be a considerable amount of storage. Transferring data between computers meant carrying around big, goofy floppy disks that werent very reliable compared to todays storage standards. Next the 1.44 megabyte diskettes became the norm for portable storage, their hard plastic casing mocking the bendable floppys soft and dainty exterior.
Time marches on. Programs and files begin to demand more storage real estate. Burning CDs get you a nice 650-700 megabytes of space, but CDR burning is cumbersome; its not like saving or manipulating files on a hard drive, as the flexibility just isnt there, and its certainly not as fast.
Today we have USB hard drives and flash memory-based thumb drives. These portable drives pack gigs upon gigs of space and can fit comfortably in your pocket or on a key chain. IT department types have even been spotted wearing their USB storage devices around their necks as an elite badge of some sort; portable storage has never looked this good.
USB Thumb Drives
USB thumb drives are an amazing piece of hardware. Shuttling large files to and fro has never been easier. USB ports are...