dock98 Posted February 12, 2008 Share Posted February 12, 2008 With some extra planning, your USB drive can be more than a briefcase; it can be a tool to keep you connected and functional, too.by Edward MendelsonThe USB key is used mainly as a kind of digital briefcase—a place to store various files while you carry them from one location to another. And that's fine; it's what a USB key was made for. The thing is, there are also plenty of applications that you can load onto a USB drive, and they could make your life much easier. With some advance planning and setup, your USB drive can be more than a briefcase; it can be a powerful tool that keeps you fully connected and functional when you're on the road without your laptop.Most of these applications require very little space; you can run them all from the same 2GB USB key. But given the low cost of 8GB drives like the Kingston DataTraveler 100 ($111 list, www.kingston.com), we recommend a little extra room. And when we say running these apps, we mean it; they can all—absolutely all—live at the same time on the same USB key, since everything uses a FAT file system (even the Linux install). Set aside 30 minutes and you'll discover that, yes, you can take it with you. full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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