SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 8GB - $46.59 + free shipping

[Sonny]

Buy.com has the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 8GB on sale. No rebate, no gimmicks, and it's in stock. Choose Budget: 7 to 9 business days for free shipping.

[KdLaneJr]

They sure have come along way. I have two SanDisk Cruzer Titanium USB drives, a 1gb and a 2gb. Suffice it to say 8 gigs for less than $50 is an amazing price.

8 gigs in a USB drive is also something that I'm not sure I would know how to use. I bought mine for backing up business data.

Care to elaborate on potential uses for such a device...

[adirty1]

whatever you like. I fill mine up all the time. I use it for a portable office. It has everything on it from web to office apps that I need and I don't have to lug a laptop. I just plug in the usb and go.

[SaSha]

nice. very nice.

[TxManx]

This is a unique USB card in that it also has U3 embedded on it...

http://www.u3.com

That lets you assign a password to secure the drive...as well as run applications directly from the device (independent firefox, irfanview, open office, several other utilities). You can essentially plug it into any computer, and have certain applications available to you without having to 'install them' on the person's computer...and when you eject the drive, it will 'clean up' any residue left (temp files, etc...that were not stored on the drive)

Given the size of modern digital files, it doesn't take much to fill up an 8gb drive.

From a business perspective, anything you would burn on a DVD to present to a client can be done via this drive...including showing slideshows or movies of the job you've done, or a virtual portfolio, or carry / access your pricing, cost sheets, etc...

The benefit of the U3 in this situation is that if you 'leave' the device by accident, none of your data is accessible...meaning if it was used to do proofing or something, the client couldn't get to it without the password.

As prices go down on these, I can see thumb drives replacing CDs / DVDs as the method of software and presentation distribution. Some software in stores is already available via this method.

It's a great marketing tool as well...as you can buy thumb drives with your business name and logo on them...

:)

[CarolynM]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Buy.com has the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium 8GB on sale. No rebate, no gimmicks, and it's in stock. Choose Budget: 7 to 9 business days for free shipping.

THANKS!!!!! I just bought 2 of them. Hopefully they get here before I go on a trip week after next. (I splurged for 2-3 day shipping, so the 2 items "should" be here in time.
CarolynM

July3rd I received a phone call from Buy.com---wanted to know if I did place an order. (It was my first time to order from this internet store, so I guess they wanted to be sure I was actually wanting the order placed before they did the mailing.)