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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Computer Projects and Ideas => Topic started by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 05:59:43 pm

Title: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 05:59:43 pm

Looks like a company managed to make a 1TB USB-Stick!
SO WANT, lol
Well, the 1TB USB stick shall be on market in Q1 2013, they have already released the 512GB version which already costs $1337 O.o (Do they know about 1337 O.o)
Let's see how much the 1TB stick will be....
Oh, and here's the link:
http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/personal_business#DTHXP30

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Nick on January 10, 2013, 06:04:05 pm

you say $1337? then why is it "only" €732? (do not wrongly interpret the only please)

It's nice, but who the hell is gonna pay about a thousand bucks for a drive like that? today they have 2.5" hard drives (ok, not that fast) of 1TB that cost about €100, I would choose that over €1000, and I think I'm not the only one :)

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 06:04:50 pm

Get it from their site, it gives me 1337 as price.
After I made that post i noticed that it's cheaper on amazon, lol

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Spenceboy98 on January 10, 2013, 07:18:12 pm

What is TB?

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 07:19:02 pm

Tera Byte
1024 GB (Giga-Bytes)

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Spenceboy98 on January 10, 2013, 07:26:45 pm

Daaaaaannnnggg.

It's only $927.80 on Amazon($11.24 shipping).

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: _Nicco_ on January 10, 2013, 07:50:44 pm

I could see this somewhat useful for those people that edit ultra high resolution videos.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: ruler501 on January 10, 2013, 08:12:41 pm

I also read just now that there are 1tb  2.5" ssd's being released for $600. Its amazing how small storage is getting. Next thing you know we'll have 1tb sd's.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 08:21:01 pm

*micro sd's :P/me runs

And yeah, it is incredible.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: epic7 on January 10, 2013, 08:32:12 pm

1 flash drive, 1 TB? waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

Obviously kinda impractical to buy a flash drive that huge and expensive, but that's amazing nevertheless :P

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 08:33:39 pm

why impracticle of the size? If it was cheaper I would so buy it over a portable hdd.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: epic7 on January 10, 2013, 08:34:59 pm

Well, yeah not really the size.
Just the price :P

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 08:37:14 pm

I seriousley wonder if they set the price on their website like that as a joke....

Spoiler For screenie:

(http://img.removedfromgame.com/imgs/1-leet.png)

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: fb39ca4 on January 10, 2013, 08:55:44 pm

There's a 1TB SSD you can get for $600, you could put it in a USB 3.0 enclosure and it should be faster. I personally wouldn't mind the increased size, because it makes it harder to lose.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/33516/

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: epic7 on January 10, 2013, 08:57:45 pm

I tend to lose my flash drives every few months :P

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 08:59:38 pm

I have a key chain consisting out of only flash drives and a rubiks cube chain ring thingy. And I never lost a rubiks cube. So I won't lose my flash drives :P
Oh, and i never lost a flash drive.

Title: Re: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 10, 2013, 09:20:32 pm

Earlier I saw a 64 GB usb stick for $50 or so. I would rather buy 8 of those than just a $1337 512 GB one

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: tr1p1ea on January 10, 2013, 09:54:28 pm

Thats a lot of data to have in your pocket, usb drives tend to damage easily :(.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 09:57:32 pm

That one has a special case against corrosion etc.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: shmibs on January 10, 2013, 10:36:24 pm

Quote from: _Nicco_ on January 10, 2013, 07:50:44 pm

I could see this somewhat useful for those people that edit ultra high resolution videos.

i know a few people like that (hollywood film/commercial editors), and they would never trust their files to a flash drive.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Hot_Dog on January 11, 2013, 01:28:37 am

It goes without saying that in a few years it will cost no more than $20.  If ever I need 1 TB I'll wait till then.

Actually I have 8GB, which is way too much for me

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Nick on January 11, 2013, 02:08:45 am

Quote from: ruler501 on January 10, 2013, 08:12:41 pm

I also read just now that there are 1tb  2.5" ssd's being released for $600. Its amazing how small storage is getting. Next thing you know we'll have 1tb sd's.

I don't really know where I get it from, but somehow I got the information that SD is in its current form can never take over 512GB. So or they would have to remake it so that it's still ccompatible with the current SD, or they'll ahve to fins a new standard (which is kinda coming up with ssd).

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: TIfanx1999 on January 11, 2013, 02:54:35 am

That price is ridiculous! >:( They can keep it for that much.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Spyro543 on January 11, 2013, 09:46:49 am

I personally don't need anything more than 2-4 GB for portable storage. I've had a 2 GB flash drive since 4th grade (and I'm in 8th grade now) and it still works fine. A bit slow compared to the "new" ones, though.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: imo_inx on January 11, 2013, 11:45:12 am

Quote from: Sorunome on January 10, 2013, 08:21:01 pm

*micro sd's :P/me runs

And yeah, it is incredible.

1 TB Nano SD. http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/3316000/3316302_6c93_625x1000.jpg

But I have a 32 GB flashdrive and I use most of it. Plus I would like this for computer backups, which I need to get something for other then cds...

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Jim Bauwens on January 11, 2013, 12:17:22 pm

My dad just bought me a 128GiB usb stick for my birthday :)
It was 99 euro, so kinda cheap in comparison ^.^

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: ben_g on January 11, 2013, 01:40:56 pm

USB hard drives of 1TB also exist, and they are a lot cheaper than that flash drive. They probably are a lot slower too, but for video, which is in most cases why you would use one in the first place, it should be fine.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 11, 2013, 02:30:01 pm

I agree with Hot Dog. In 2004, I remember that over here, a 128 MB flash drive costed close to $320. It was insane. Today you can get a 8 GB one for $8. Considering that, if that trend continues, then in 9 years, you'll be able to buy a 3 terabytes USB stick for $1 or so.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: fb39ca4 on January 11, 2013, 02:40:19 pm

Quote from: Nick on January 11, 2013, 02:08:45 am

Quote from: ruler501 on January 10, 2013, 08:12:41 pm

I also read just now that there are 1tb  2.5" ssd's being released for $600. Its amazing how small storage is getting. Next thing you know we'll have 1tb sd's.

I don't really know where I get it from, but somehow I got the information that SD is in its current form can never take over 512GB. So or they would have to remake it so that it's still ccompatible with the current SD, or they'll ahve to fins a new standard (which is kinda coming up with ssd).

The original SD standard had a maximum size of 2GB, so SDHC was released which allowed for up to 32GB, and the newest standard, SDXC supports up to 512GB.

Title: Re: 1TB USB Stick
Post by: Sorunome on January 11, 2013, 06:29:47 pm

So we need a new standart :P

And I filled up my 16GB usb stick, filled up half of my second 16GB stick and didn't get to my 32GB stick yet :P