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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Joseph Ondrus wrote:

I'm not a CompE/EE (yet!) but I know I have been using a 1GB jump drive for the past 4 years and it use it about everyday.

How much did it cost 4 years ago? Must have been a lot.


After doing some reading (very little at that) it looks like this was an issue years back but it seems that by the time you start experiencing problems with writing your notebook/PC would be... old. It sounds like you would have upgraded long before you start experiencing these problems.

I think it is a lot better now than it was even 4 years ago. They can definitely last a very long time:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Endurance

Mike

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