Flash drives are the new floppy disk.

Ever wonder why hard disks are called hard disks? Those of you who are new to computers probably have never used a floppy disk. Older computers may still have a 3.5" floppy drive, but really the disks aren't floppy. When I first started studying computer science, floppy disks were floppy! They were 5.25" and the plastic disks were in a lightweight cardboard. They often failed and were easy to damage being they were so floppy. Prior to the 5.25" floppy, 8" floppy was the standard. That was before I got involved into computers so I've never used one. Nowadays, we are storage piggies. At least I am. That's why I bought this: Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Green SATA Intellipower 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD10EARS. I love this drive, even though my photos, music, and data files don't even approach half the capacity.

Most people only need a flash drive for storage. This is my new work flash drive: Corsair Flash Voyager 16 GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive CMFUSB2.0-16GB. It stood up to the durability test for my office mate, so I'm sure it'll be sufficient for me as well. What I already like about it is they didn't put anything extra on it. I don't like extra flash drive utility programs. I just want something easy to use and this is.

Professional people who don't carry a laptop with them wherever they go need a flash drive to store their important documents on. Even if you do store your documents on your laptop and bring it with you wherever you go, you still need a flash drive. What if your laptop is stolen or you break it? Your files need to be backed up. Backing them up to a flash is a green way to do it and, at the risk of sounding oink  oink oink, you have more storage capacity on a flash than you do on a cd. It's financially smart too because you don't have to keep buying cds (or dvds).

Grandparents: you can store lots of photos of your grandchildren on your flash drive. ;)

If you don't have a flash drive, buy one! Even they have multipacks of flash drives at Costco/BJs so you can buy one for everyone in your family. Backup your files today!