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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Maki Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:43 PM To: 'The Hardware List' Subject: [H] Thumb drives How come there is such a disparity in the price of system memory and thumb drive type memory? There are several ads this weekend for 1 GB thumb drives for about $20-$25. A gig of system memory is about $100. Seems like a large difference. Reasons? Inquiring minds want to know. The reason I was looking at thumb memory is my college freshman daughter thinks one would be useful. Comments, good brands to look at, potential problems, size, etc. Thanks, Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]