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Behemoth

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 9:17 am Post subject: Memory Stick
My wife wants a 512GB Memory Stick for her PC. How much are these things and where's the best place to get them....or is there nothing in it and PC world as good as anywhere. Cheers.

jema
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Memory Stick

Behemoth wrote:

My wife wants a 512GB Memory Stick for her PC. How much are these things and where's the best place to get them....or is there nothing in it and PC world as good as anywhere.

Cheers.

Definately not one for pc world.

A google search for "cheap memory stick" shows a lot of places.

jema

Behemoth

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 9:38 am Post subject:
Are these things also known as flash drives - "memory stick" produces a lot of photography based paraphanalia. Remember, I am an IT idiot. Thanks.

jema
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 9:50 am Post subject:

Behemoth wrote:

Are these things also known as flash drives - "memory stick" produces a lot of photography based paraphanalia. Remember, I am an IT idiot.

Thanks.

there are a lot of different flahs memory types, used both in PCs and Photography. I confess I am in the dark ages, having got the old smartmedia type on my camara and nothing on the PC's.

So you will need someone more up to date to give advice.

jema

sean
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 9:52 am Post subject:
Don't have one, but don't the ads for PC ones usually say USB memory stick, or somesuch?

Behemoth

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 10:02 am Post subject:
Think I've found something likely here: https://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=1561&category_id=147&manufacturer_id=0 Cheers

wellington womble

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 10:05 am Post subject:

my memory stick (which is a flash drive - I think that might be a brand) came from www.overclockers.co.uk Great fast service, cheaper than the student IT place my mate got hers from. Mines a 1 gig - but I've never filled it - and I carry loads of info round on it (music for listening to at college, and oodles of useless papers and assignments) From memory it was about 70 quid - loads cheaper that PC world was. At 512 meg yours won't cost as much.

I beleive that they are also known as USB drives (as the plug into a USB port) and sometimes pen drives (another brand - not as compact I think) Lots of people at uni have them, but I've never come across anyone who had one cheaper than me. Himself gets all our computer bits from overclocker.

Last edited by wellington womble on Wed Jan 12, 05 10:11 am; edited 1 time in total

Jonnyboy

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 10:11 am Post subject:
Prices have come down, �50 should be your budget for a 512mb memory stick

Behemoth

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 10:29 am Post subject:
The one I've seen looks a good price and I can pick it up on the way home. Thanks for your help. Cheers R

neilk

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 10:45 am Post subject:
I have one from Ebuyer just like this. �32.75 inc VAT inc Free Shipping. It's nice and small and has been very reliable so far (6 months or so). Make sure you buy USB2.0 these days.

Gervase

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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 11:24 am Post subject:
Try online at dabs.co.uk or scan.co uk, or else try Maplin. Betwen them you should get the best deal.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 12:13 pm Post subject:
Maplin has a sale on at the moment and if you pick up a catalogue there are vouchers on the back. Last edited by Treacodactyl on Wed Jan 12, 05 9:24 pm; edited 1 time in total

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 05 9:22 pm Post subject:
Maplin: USB 2.0 128MB - �14.99 - �2; 512MB �39.99

Mat S

Joined: 07 Nov 2004
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 05 1:35 am Post subject: Re: Memory Stick

Behemoth wrote:

My wife wants a 512GB Memory Stick for her PC.

She'll love you forever if you get her one of the new Apple ipod shuffle things - a memory stick with a music player for about �50. Might be a few weeks before they arrive here though and you'll doubtless have to get along with iTunes.

Silas

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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 05 8:27 am Post subject:
7dayshop.com is the place

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