Memory prices are really cheap. I'm looking at pulling the two 1GB chips from one of my computers and replacing them with two 2GB chips for a total of under $100. (I have to give a plug for my favorite memory source - Crucial.com).

It almost seems laughable that I've managed on 2GB RAM, but that's nothing.

Until I received a 1GB thumbdrive as a Microsoft MVP gift this summer, the largest capacity thumb drive I had was 32MB. I have a few of them.

Then a few days ago, I received a box of goodies from CodeZone for the Vermont.NET User Group and in it was a 2GB thumb drive to raffle off. I thought, wow, that's a lot!

I've always been wary of these things. 1GB thumb drives used to cost quite a bit and they are small and I have a knack for misplacing things. Especially small things. I watch over my Nano like a hawk. It's price per cubic foot is pretty high.

So then, a catalog for PCConnection arrives in the mail and what do I see? A 16GB (that's a "G", not an "M") thumbdrive. I didn't even know such a thing exists. And it's only $149 - relatively inexpensive considering.

But I can't help think, not only do I have the possibility of throwing away $150 when I lose that thing, but imagine how much STUFF would be on it. I wouldn't want to lose that either.

My little 16MB and 32MB drives are almost disposable. What I use them for is a safeguard when I'm travelling to conferences to give presentations. I can get all of my Powerpoints and demo code on a low capacity drive. So just in case something happens to my computer, I still have my materials. I also upload them to the web. SO just in case something happens to my computer and I also lose my little thumbdrive, I"m still safe.

A girl can never be too cautious!