My Mom's Birthday is coming up and she is looking to get a memory stick. She's a teacher, and it would be really helpful to have one of those ones that just plugs into a USB port to use interchangeably from home and school.

I just wanted to get peoples opinions on brands/types or any other helpful information. Is there a particular brand to look into or avoid?

10/31/2005 9:51:38 AM

I just got a 256mb Crucial flash drive for about $21 shipped from Newegg to use for teaching.

Corsair, Crucial, Kingmax, OCZ, and PNY all make good system memory, so I assume they make good flash drives as well.

As far as size goes, my epic picture-filled powerpoints only take up about 8-10 megs per lesson, so even a 256mb drive is overkill for what I use it for.

10/31/2005 10:07:36 AM

If you got a while to wait, keep an eye on slickdeals. They have flash drive deals pretty frequently.

10/31/2005 10:35:49 AM

last month i got a microcruzer 1gig stick from slickdeals for around $46 shipped

10/31/2005 11:13:25 AM

sandisk cruzer micros are pretty slick

10/31/2005 11:33:08 AM

the pny drives are pretty inexpensive usually, and most of them come with usb extension cables too.

10/31/2005 11:50:11 AM

Thanks for the suggestions

10/31/2005 12:25:43 PM

yea just grab a deal on the 512 or 1gig sticks. you can find 256mb sticks on ebay for 15 bucks.

10/31/2005 12:51:09 PM