[geeks] Seriously?

[Lionel Peterson]

They do make a 512 Gig thumb drive for 'only' $500...

>From the description:

Speed USB 3.0: 240MB/s read and 160MB/s write USB 2.0: 30MB/s read and 30MB/s
write (Speed may vary due to host hardware, software and usage)

Anyone ever see those kinds of speeds on a laptop USB 3.0 port in real world
usage?

Lionel

> On Jul 24, 2014, at 12:30 PM, Brian Dunbar <brian.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> A one terabyte notebook HD in a case would likely be just as fast, a bit
>> larger, and one-tenth the price.
>>
>> I understand paying a premium for smaller, but that's insane - I an
>> hard-pressed to figure out why, outside of a Hollywood spy thriller,
anyone
>> would need such a thing/justify the expense.
> We transfer a lot of data between clients and our processing servers.  How
> the data is sent is up to the client: if the value is greater than 'a GB'
> it's usually by external USB drive.
>
> Sometimes the 'technical POC' at a client isn't very technical.  They get
> the job done, but their real job is 'lawyer' or 'para-legal' or the like.
>
> I can see a client finding this, and deciding to eschew 'wires' for
> plugging a thumb drive in.  Hey: the cost to ship would be lower ..
>
> --
> Brian Dunbar
>
> "Display some adaptability"
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