64Gb USB Flash drive hits $78 at Amazon

Cleve Nettles
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December 27, 2008
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A quick 9to5mac.com/Toys (feed) report:  Amazon.com offers the Transcend 64GB JetFlash V20 USB 2.0 Flash Drive, model no. TS64GJFV20, for $78.39 with free shipping. ($1.22/GB). That's the lowest total price we've seen by far for a 64GB USB flash drive.  They usually come in way over $150.  This one is usually $180.

You can use this as a slow but effective boot drive or even as a Time Machine backup.  You can also offload a lot of music, movies or photos that are filling up your hard drive.   This is actually the same size as the original MacBook Air's high end SSD drive. 

Remember a few years ago when you could buy a 64MB USB drive for about the same cost?  Get it now before the price goes back up.  To find this in other stores, click here.

Comments (14)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 27, 2008 - 6:49pm

Amazing! so why does Apple charge and extra $700 for the 128GB Solid State Drive in the Mac Book

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 27, 2008 - 8:05pm

Because this type of flash storage is very very slow.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 27, 2008 - 10:55pm

If we didn't know what a flash drive is for, would we be reading this blog?

terry (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 8:24am

good journalism dictates you include simple explanations the way this story did. That's how lots of readers learn, and (almost always) readers already in the know skim over the parts that rehash their present understanding. Start watching Wall Street Journal articles, for ex, and you'll see that although their readers include the most sophisticated investors, they don't ASSUME that all readers have that understanding. You probably just hadn't noticed it before. It's all good.

Benjamin Dobson | December 28, 2008 - 1:18am

Still £101 in the UK unfortunately.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 4:30am

Read 25 MByte/s, Write 12 MByte/s
http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=105
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Ok speed for a USB stick.
I don't know what the speed of the SSD in the MacBook Air is.

admin | December 28, 2008 - 5:09am

The USB isn't as fast as the internal - not by a long shot.  But you could clone your whole HD to a USB stick.  Which isn't such a bad idea.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 5:45pm

Well the first SSD was slow.

But what is the speed of the ones that apple is using?

terry (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 8:40am

I'd like to get a drive of this size, but the kingston DT150/64GB at $113 seemed like it might be a more comfortable purchase for me, because of the brand familiarity.

does anyone know if the SPEEDS of these two drives differ? the Transcend touts "high speed" USB 2.0, kingston only "USB 2.0" but aren't they the same thing? I'd hate to find i'd bought the slower of the two drives.

thanks!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 5:50pm

USB 2.0 has High Speed and Full Speed
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When they came out with USB 2.0 the companys that made USB devices was afraid that no one would buy there USB 1.1 devices
So they renamed them USB 2.0 FULL Speed.
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When the USB that is fast is HIGH Speed.
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When that sayed then you can't use that to anything.
You have to see what the read/write speed is.
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By saying that it is USB 2.0 High speed, is like a car salesman is telling you that the car he is selling you can drive on the highway.
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It has nothing to do with the speed the car can go.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 11:25pm

If you are, OMG... It's nearly impossible to tell what your point is, amidst all the errors.

If you're not a native speaker, well, keep at it :)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 29, 2008 - 6:41am

Basic what I was saying was that
USB 2.0
USB High speed
has notic to do whit what the speed og the device is.
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So you can't use that info to anything when shopping for usb storge
You need the read/write speed of the device to see what is best.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 10:01am

Maybe if I DON'T buy one now, the price will go DOWN rather than up.

powers (not verified) | December 28, 2008 - 1:14pm

Hmmmmmm 64 Gig iPhone.... yummy...