timothy's Journal: Data point: Flash storage now under $2/GB

I like to watch the prices of USB keys and divide GB by $; just noticed that Buy.com has a 16GB key selling for $27-something, which is the first I've noticed a USB key that size for less than $2/GB, at least without coupons. (And I was pretty happy to see the ones -- iMation, I think -- that Wal-Mart's been selling at $12 for 4GB, or a flat $3 per.)

Most of the small files I personally keep around -- snapshots, music, GIMP doodles, etc -- could fit on a (literal) handful of these. Bigger files (movies, mostly) are still best stashed on recordable disks I guess, but are also less subject to updating etc, so that doesn't bother me much.