<snip> > > > > So my question is, why would I spend a boatload more money on a supposed > > name-brand US made USB drive when I can buy them out of China for a > > fraction of the cost? > > > > Thomas > > > > > I guess your thumb = Flash Drive are the same. You can't tell the > capacity of a devise by it's size. My 256KB unit is bigger than the 2 GB > unit. All pictures I see of todays 4 GB units show them the same as the > 2 GB. > > A flash drive has some standard chips in it that are what you can buy > from the big memory factories. They are similar to what you have on your > computer's RAM stick. I bought a 2 GB tiny memory stick that is in my > Cell-Phone now and it cost $28.00 in Wal Mart a year ago. > > RAM has got cheap this Fall and that was why I bought 2 GB for this > computer. I would buy the unit made in China if it is much cheaper. > They must have about the same thing inside that the US units have. And I > think some US models are made in China :-) > Similar is not the same. What is in a Ram memory chip is not what is in a flash drive for two reasons: 1. RAM chips are dynaminc memory. So when the power is off they loose their contents. 2. No one would buy RAM memory that could only be written to 500,000 times. -- ======================================================================= The face of war has never changed. Surely it is more logical to heal than to kill. -- Surak of Vulcan, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5 ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
