[SamAdams76]

The best thing about USB is that it finally made the floppy disc extinct. I have about a dozen USB "flash-drives" ranging from 64MB to 16GB like the one in the picture.

I can fit my 6GB work folder (containing all my work files) in my pocket and thus take all my files from the office to home and back so I can work wherever I want. I have other USB flash-drives that are crammed with utilities and applications so that no matter what computer I am running, I have full access to all my files and apps and also have the ability to troubleshoot and fix any computer.

If thumb drives was all USB was good for, it would still be a great invention. But that's just scratching at the surface.

I can still

[jeffc]

"Bandwidth! I need more bandwidth!"

"I'm giving her all the bandwidth I can, Captain. If I give her anymore, she'll blow!"

[SouthTexas]

thus take all my files from the office to home and back so I can work wherever I want

I have yet to figure out if this is a good thing or not.

[SJSAMPLE]

Just floppies?

It’s practically made my CD-R/RW obsolete as well.
I’ve got silos of unused CD-R media sitting around.
And now the larger drives are making my DVD-RW less used, as well.

I’m beginning to wonder if physical media will give way to memory devices for nearly every application, including movies.

[zeugma]

I can fit my 6GB work folder (containing all my work files) in my pocket and thus take all my files from the office to home and back so I can work wherever I want.

I'll go you one better. I've got a 8gb microSD card that has an entire VMWare workstation onj it. When I travel, as long as there is a computer handy (mac, linux, or winders), I can boot up my VM for any work I need to do. Next task is to master a bootable thumb drive so I can boot off of it with any computer capable of booting from USB.