2007-03-16 18:13:29 · 7 answers · asked by donworybhapy 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
advantages: small, portable, can get with u3 and put programs on them like open office-weather-bug-trillain-skype-firefox-thunderbird-filezilla-and a anti virus program and, or you can go to http://www.portableapps.com and get programs for the ones that don't have anything on them and you can store data on them you can even get portable programming languages to carry with you on them
Disadvantages: they can get damaged easily, they can get stolen, and they can be copied easily
if you want to help keep them from being copied you can get programs that will prevent that and there are was to find it if someone steals it
2007-03-22 12:16:11 · answer #1 · answered by Odie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have far more advantages than disadvantages. They're portable, easy to use, and hold high capacity. The only real down side is that they can be a little fragile. Just make sure you tell the system to turn the device off before you unplug it if you plan on removing it before you turn your system off. I burned two flash drives by removing them without turning them off.
2007-03-16 18:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by tranquility_base3@yahoo.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flash drives are great! The are devices that come in handy because of their size. Well... the advantage of using a flash drive is you get the maximum storage capacity you want that can be carried as a key chain. That's it! Its sort of a small thing with a big brain.
2007-03-16 18:19:15 · answer #3 · answered by sweet_julie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The advantages are portability and storage space. I can't think of a disadvantage.
2007-03-16 18:16:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheap, portability.
About a year ago there was the student who lost her masters thesis on her flash drive, took her the whole weekend to find the flash drive in a large dumpster
2007-03-16 18:22:27 · answer #5 · answered by beni_gabor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's awesome. Saved me lots of time when I can work on an assignment at school. You can get them fairly cheap also.
The worst thing is that I forget it!
2007-03-16 18:16:42 · answer #6 · answered by ARMY Babe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Really none if you think about it unless you have no USB in front of computer
2007-03-22 13:26:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋