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usb3 32gb stick is just an external ssd?

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cubeless

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Short answer is yes it most likely can be used for an OS as long as your bios will allow it but in all likely hood it is going to be much much slower than a true SSD. I currently use a usb2 stick for ubuntu and it is nice but slow at times.
 
Wow! $160 for 64Gb USB 2, and no hope of TRIM support.

I don't understand how one could consider this with the choices available for an real SSD at this price point. If the reason is only one drive bay in a laptop, the Momentus XT would provide better speed, and capacity, for less money. Perhaps USB 3 could give high enough transfer rates to start making sense in a cramped laptop, but USB 2?

The encryption feature would be the least of my concerns as an OS drive.
 
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FishAk said:
Wow! $160 for 64Gb USB 2, and no hope of TRIM support.

I don't understand how one could consider this with the choices available for an real SSD at this price point. If the reason is only one drive bay in a laptop, the Momentus XT would provide better speed, and capacity, for less money. Perhaps USB 3 could give high enough transfer rates to start making sense in a cramped laptop, but USB 2?

The encryption feature would be the least of my concerns as an OS drive.
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...Its a jump drive
 
I had to look up the term "jump drive"

From WiseGeek:

"As is sometimes the case with brand names, the term “jumpdrive” is occasionally used by consumers when referring to any USB flash drive, in the same way “Kleenex” is often used to refer to any brand of facial tissue."


So if you are referring generically to a flash drive, pen drive, jump drive, I still fail to see the point.

If you just need to carry data around with you, that's one thing, but trying to run an OS from USB 2, unless the OS and programs is fully loaded into the system memory, would be extremely slow. A real 64Gb SSD can be had in a 1.8" form factor.

Yes, for such a small drive, your talking about another $30 (or about 20 percent), but it's a real drive, with an Indilinx controller.
 
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1. "Jump Drive" is name of a series of flash devices by Lexar. Not really generic.

2. OP's query cited USB 3 not 2.

3. Still an expensive toy.
 
My bad...

I looked again at the link, and now see the USB 3.0 part. I couldn't see it the first time. Too big of print maybe.

USB 3 makes much more sense, though you wouldn't have much for wear leveling.
 
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