Can someone recomend a good brand or model USB Flash Drive to go with? I'm looking for something between 2gig and 4gig. Something that works well with the Mac and a sturdy design. Thanks! 
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USB Flash Drive
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I love my Lexar JumpDrive Lightning. Super fast and looks great.
You can get occasional great deals on the 4gb models at Fry's. I picked one up for $40 this week.
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/lightning.html
You can get occasional great deals on the 4gb models at Fry's. I picked one up for $40 this week.
http://www.lexar.com/jumpdrive/lightning.html
I use the 2 Gb Imation that come with the rubber shell and belt-clip. I run applicaitons from it so it's reading/writing constantly. Been a year now, no problems. I even dropped a weight on it a few months ago, broke it in three pieces (the flash chip and usb input, and each side of the casing). It's taped back together and still works like new.
Do stay away from anything like those Sandisk ones that have "special" features like software for installing Windows apps onto the flash drive or carrying a Windows home directory on the drive or what-not. I've heard they are fairly challenging to get "set up".
I personally went with very basic... it's a little no-name 4GB one from some Extreme Performance or something like that, through Circuit City or maybe Best Buy....
I personally went with very basic... it's a little no-name 4GB one from some Extreme Performance or something like that, through Circuit City or maybe Best Buy....
I agree with that! The Sony has some auto compression software that will compress/decompress files on the fly to make the drive hold more data. Uh, no thanks - I don't want my stuff messed up plus I use it between Mac and PC and I'm sure the software is PC only.